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Administrative Subpoenas

The enforcement of administrative subpoenas in federal courts, including those related to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

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Jan 27, 2026

What are the procedural steps and precedents for Congress to subpoena individual immigration files from USCIS?

ional requests for individual immigration files from typically follow administrative and statutory routes—start with USCIS’s congressional liaison or formal and escalate to committee-issued subpoenas ...