arresting and detaining people they believe are in the US illegally.
Both programs have come under heavy fire from immigration
and human rights groups on issues including ethnic profiling, and
the inexperience of local law enforcement officers with
immigration law, which is one of the most complex branches of
law.
TRAC seeks the ICE documents under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA). Given the long delay in responding to
the FOIA request, TRAC requested a formal agency
investigation of the matter or that it be referred to the Office of
Inspector General.
TRAC said, "As the unlawful failure of ICE to provide the
requested data continued well beyond the legal deadlines, TRAC
engaged in numerous unsuccessful attempts to resolve the matter
with agency officials and in late November of 2010 asked the
Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) for
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