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The FOIA Project

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Jan 24, 2026

What publicly available FOIA records and lawsuits have produced ICE use‑of‑force logs since 2015?

Public records and litigation since 2015 have produced a patchwork of use‑of‑force material: agency libraries and proactive disclosure pages publish policies and some logs, targeted FOIA lawsuits by a...

Jan 18, 2026

How do ICE’s public dashboards handle duplicates and data revisions, and what FOIA releases fill those gaps?

ICE’s public dashboards are promoted as open-data tools, but public records and litigation show important gaps: independent FOIA-driven releases have supplied the granular, line-level data—often with ...

Jan 25, 2026

Which FOIA lawsuits by journalists resulted in ICE use‑of‑force file releases between 2015 and 2021?

A review of the supplied reporting finds no clear, documented instance in these sources of a FOIA lawsuit filed by journalists that specifically produced “use‑of‑force” files between 2015 and 2021; th...

Dec 18, 2025

Which databases or FOIA records can be used to compile a complete list of FTCA claims and settlements involving ICE since 2018?

A comprehensive list of Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) administrative claims and settlements involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since 2018 can only be assembled by combining ICE’...

Dec 17, 2025

Foia lawsuits

FOIA lawsuits are a common and expanding tool to force federal agencies to release records: databases like The FOIA Project track routine filings going back to 1992 and update daily, showing dozens of...