ACLU Sues ICE To Get Peek At Trump’s Plan For Mass Deportations

A massive liberal organization filed a lawsuit against 🛂Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in order to understand how the agency could be utilized for President-elect Donald Trump’s 🛂Immigration enforcement goals.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued the agency on Monday in an effort to obtain information about ICE Air Operations, the network of chartered flights used to repatriate thousands of illegal migrants every year after they’ve been ordered deported. The ACLU says it aims for the findings to shed light on how ICE Air Operations could be expanded to carry out Trump’s pledge for mass deportations upon entering office.

The lawsuit pertains to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request the organization submitted in August asking for details about ICE Air. However, the ACLU says it filed its lawsuit after ICE failed to respond to their request.

“Little is known about how President-elect Trump would carry out its mass deportation agenda, but what we do know is that this proposal has already instilled fear among immigrant communities,” Eva Bitran, director of immigrants’ rights at ACLU SoCal, said in a statement. “The public has a right to know how its taxpayer dollars could be used to fund deportation flights that would tear apart not only families, but also our communities.”