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Original Date Announced
May 6, 2026The Florida Tribune reports that between April 19 and May 5, 2026, ICE issued directives to hundreds of Florida and Texas law-enforcement agencies participating in the 287(g) program, asserting that information obtained or developed through the agreements—including documents created by local law enforcement—was under ICE's control and could not be released without federal approval. The directives specified that such information included personally identifiable information, 287(g) data, calculations, and statistics.
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2026.05.06 Reported: ICE directive raises transparency concerns - Florida TribuneSubsequent Trump and Court Action
June 10, 20262026.06.10 Reported: ICE memos to Texas police aim to evade transparency laws - Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News reports that ICE sent directives to state and local law-enforcement agencies participating in the 287(g) program instructing them to consult with ICE before responding to public-records requests about 287(g)-related information. An April 21, 2026, directive warned that agencies could not independently release ICE information; a follow-up email on April 24 required agencies to contact ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations FOIA team before releasing federal or jointly owned records—even when they did not need guidance. ICE asserted that records containing information about the agency or an individual migrant were not solely state records but joint records subject to federal FOIA.
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Status: ReportedTrump Administration Action: Change in PracticeSubject Matter: InteriorAgencies Affected: ICEAssociated or Derivative Policies
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Commentary
2026.08.11 Am. Immigration Council - ICE Is Trying to Hide Records of People in Detention
The American Immigration Council reports that it, the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, and Professor Meghan Conley filed a federal FOIA request seeking ICE directives and related communications concerning the agency’s efforts to control the release of state and local records about people held in immigration detention. The request followed refusals by Tennessee county jails, at ICE’s direction, to release routine detention records under state open-records laws.
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