Legal Actions - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

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.

Lawsuits

Transparency

CREW sues DHS and NARA for failing to preserve text messages

CREW is suing DHS for failing to preserve text messaging data and NARA for its failure to initiate enforcement against these violations.

Legal Complaints

Corruption

CREW files Hatch Act complaint against Trump administration officials

Several Trump administration officials appear to have violated the Hatch Act by making partisan statements about NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s campaign in their official capacity.

Amicus Briefs

Money in Politics

CREW files SCOTUS amicus brief in support of coordinated expenditure limits for political party donations

Earmarking rules and disclosure laws cannot prevent all quid pro quo corruption that could occur through coordinated expenditures.

Lawsuits

Ethics & Reform

Lawsuit challenges Trump administration’s illegal national citizenship database

The Trump-Vance administration’s creation of massive government databases consolidating legally protected personal information is unlawful.

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.

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

CREW sues DHS and NARA for failing to preserve text messages

CREW files Hatch Act complaint against Trump administration officials

CREW files SCOTUS amicus brief in support of coordinated expenditure limits for political party donations

Lawsuit challenges Trump administration’s illegal national citizenship database

CREW and partner groups demand transparency around shutdown plans

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