Case Processing Database FOIA
NIPNLG, the ACLU of Southern California, and Dolores Street Community Services filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests seeking records related to case processing databases for immigration court cases with the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Civil Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ). After some negotiations and administrative appeals, all three agencies produced responsive records, including records related to the Case Access System for EOIR (CASE), the EOIR FOIA database, ICE’s ENFORCE Alien Removal Management (EARM) database, the USCIS Person Centric Query Service (PCQS) interface, and DOJ’s use of an EOIR database called eDecision.