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FOIA guidance and records requests

Guidance and procedures related to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and records obtained through such requests

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Jan 27, 2026
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Which specific ODO facility inspection reports from 2009–2016 document use-of-force incidents and how can they be requested via FOIA?

A complete, source-verified inventory of (Office of Detention Oversight) facility inspection reports from 2009–2016 that document cannot be produced from the reporting provided because the available a...

Jan 26, 2026
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What oversight or transparency exists about ICE’s criteria and data for selecting enforcement locations?

) maintains internal components and memos that shape how enforcement locations are selected, but public-facing explanations of the specific criteria and the underlying data are partial and unevenly av...

Feb 3, 2026

How can social‑media posts about alleged high‑level arrests be reliably verified using public court records and government press releases?

Social‑media claims of “high‑level” arrests should be treated as hypotheses to test against official records and agency statements; reliable verification rests on matching the post’s specifics (name, ...

Feb 2, 2026

What investigative steps journalists use to corroborate names found in large, redacted document dumps like the Epstein files?

Journalists confronted with large, begin by treating the set as forensic evidence: they triage and secure files, attempt technical recovery only when necessary, then corroborate any recovered names th...

Jan 28, 2026

Which rifles do HSI use?

personnel authorized to carry shoulder-fired rifles are issued -approved models, according to an ICE/HSI firearms policy document ; however, publicly available sources in this packet do not provide a ...

Jan 23, 2026

What oversight mechanisms exist to audit ICE compliance with BWC activation and upload rules?

’s internal oversight for body‑worn camera (BWC) activation and upload rules relies primarily on policy directives, technical audit trails in evidence systems, and supervised random audits, while exte...