Lawsuits
Transparency

CREW sues DHS for records on protestor surveillance

CREW is suing the DHS, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Customs and Border Protection and ICE for failing to produce records on an expedited basis in response to CREW’s FOIA request seeking information about the Trump administration’s efforts to track and surveil protestors. 
Lawsuits
Transparency

CREW, Lawfare sue the Department of State for violating the Case Act

The State Department and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are failing to make international agreements publicly available in violation of the Case-Zablocki Act, leaving Americans in the dark about foreign deals being made on their behalf. Lawfare, a nonpartisan media organization represented by CREW, sued to compel the Trump administration to comply with the law.  
Legal Complaints
Transparency

White House, NARA must ensure Trump’s deleted Truth Social posts are preserved

The White House and National Archives and Records Administration are legally required to preserve and prevent the destruction of President Trump’s Truth Social posts, including a now-deleted video posted from his account about debunked 2020 election fraud claims that included racist images depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes.
Lawsuits
Transparency

CREW sues DHS and USCIS for records on data sharing agreements with states

CREW is suing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizens and Immigration Services (USCIS) following their failure to respond to requests for records on DHS’s data sharing agreements with states and state entities for the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (“SAVE”) program.
Letters
Transparency

CREW and partner groups demand transparency around shutdown plans

As America faces the increasing possibility of a government shutdown, CREW and partner groups sent an open letter to the Director of the OMB and the heads of executive departments and agencies urging each agency to ensure full transparency to American taxpayers during any impending lapse in appropriations.

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