Missouri filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on Tuesday, asking a federal judge to make the Department of Homeland Security produce information on whether illegal immigrants are being flown into the state.
In the suit, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey says that DHS has been stonewalling Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for data on the transportation of illegal immigrants within the United States. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, requests that a federal judge compel DHS to turn over the requested documents and communications.
“Once again, the Biden Administration is trying to stonewall and circumvent every aspect of the law in order to hide information from Americans,” Bailey said. “Their most recent refusal to provide the truth about the flying of illegal immigrants into Missouri is just the tip of the iceberg. It reflects a larger pattern of deploying delay and diversion tactics to avoid…