FOIA Collections
The Freedom of Information Act gives all of us the right to ask the government for documents and have the government respond. As the ACLU, we request, and sometimes sue to obtain information about government activity in order to analyze, publish, and disseminate this information to the press and public.
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Arizona AG Money Transfer Surveillance FOIA Database
This page compiles documents received from the Arizona Attorney General related to the money-transfer database, also known as the Transaction Records Analysis Center (TRAC).
Date Created:Dec 22, 2022
Contains:224 Documents
Boston Asylum Office FOIA Production
These documents reveal practices and procedures at USCIS’s Boston Asylum Office, the result of a successful FOIA lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Maine.
Date Created:Apr 29, 2022
Contains:60 Documents
ICE Detention Activities in Maine
Documents from ICE and from the Cumberland County Jail detailing detention practices and the creation of a new detention facility in Scarborough, Maine.
Date Created:Apr 29, 2022
Contains:37 Documents
State Agency Public Records About ID.me
We are publishing documents obtained through public records requests from agencies in Florida and Oregon using ID.me to verify identity for unemployment benefits. Documents are being published on a rolling basis.
Date Created:Feb 1, 2022
Contains:837 Documents
Kenosha Law Enforcement FOIA Database
This database compiles documents retrieved in the wake of protests and a fatal shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Aug. 25, 2020.
Date Created:Dec 20, 2021
Contains:440 Documents
National Security
DOD Lethal Strikes FOIA Collection
Date Created:May 1, 2021
Contains:1 Document
Privacy & Technology
+2 Issues
DHS Face Surveillance FOIA Database
This database compiles records produced in response to a FOIA lawsuit filed by the ACLU for records related to the implementation of face surveillance technology at airports.
Date Created:Dec 24, 2020
Contains:12 Documents
Privacy & Technology
+2 Issues
[ACLU v. CBP] Documents Released Under Lawsuit
This database compiles all documents released under the ACLU v. CBP FOIA lawsuit seeking records pertaining to the ICE and CBP's use and purchase of cell-site simulator technology.
Date Created:May 22, 2020
Contains:13 Documents
Privacy & Technology
+2 Issues
Social Media Surveillance FOIA Database
This database compiles records produced in response to a FOIA lawsuit filed by the ACLU for records related to the use of social media surveillance by federal agencies for the purpose of conducting extreme vetting.
Date Created:Mar 4, 2020
Contains:32 Documents
Racial Justice
FBI Surveillance of Black Activists: FOIA Collection
FBI records secured through Center for Media Justice v. FBI, a FOIA lawsuit to uncover information about surveillance of Black people whom the government deems so-called "Black Identity Extremists."
Date Created:Mar 6, 2019
Contains:44 Documents