Immigration and Customs Enforcement failed to perform an adequate search for records sought by an El Paso nonprofit legal organization and didn’t justify redactions in some of the documents it did release, a federal judge ...
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By Kelley ShannonExecutive DirectorFreedom of Information Foundation of Texas Whatever our political views, certainly we can agree we have the right to know how government is conducting business. How are taxpayer dollars spent? Who is ...