Federal Law Protects Transparency. ICE Is Fighting It Anyway

You must know their names, but they don't want to follow that part of the law, or indeed, any of it.

The law is not on ICE's side. But that hasn’t stopped the agency, or its defenders at the Department of Homeland Security, from trying to twist it, ignore it, or weaponize it against those demanding accountability.

Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the names, titles, salaries, duty stations, and professional conduct of federal employees are pu…