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FOIA and RECORDS
[November 19, 2025] FOIA Request FR01
IALDF Files FOIA Requests on U.S. Deportation Flights to Iran, Citing Due Process and Human Rights Concerns
The Iranian American Legal Defense Fund (IALDF) announced today that it has filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the U.S. Department of State seeking public records concerning a previously undisclosed agreement between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran. For the first time, the agreement reportedly enabled the forced return of asylum seekers to the very regime they had fled–the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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