Trump move could cost the GOP at the ballot box

No Images? Click here         The Agencies Key To Trump’s Immigration Agenda Keep A Lot Of Secrets President Donald Trump has made his promise of aggressive immigration enforcement the centerpiece of his domestic agenda. But two agencies tasked with enforcing the nation’s immigration laws — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — have long attracted criticism for failing to release documents and data in a timely manner, if at all. That makes it hard for journalists, advocates, lawyers and the public to keep tabs on what the administration is doing.   Under the law, the government is supposed to grant or deny Freedom of Information Act requests (which any member of the public can file) within 20 working days, with some exceptions, and provide records unless the information is legally exempt from disclosure. But if you file a FOIA request with ICE or CBP,  you may find yourself in a bureaucratic morass: Fighting a faceless online portal (with CBP), watching your request ping-pong between agencies or sub-agencies, getting summarily rejected, struggling to talk to a human (ICE switched to an email-only system about two years ago), and waiting months — or more than a year — to get back a document that may be heavily redacted, according to HuffPost interviews with requesters. Some say they must resort to litigation to get any meaningful response. READ MORE     WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? Facebook believes data of up to 87 million users was improperly shared. Most of the accounts affected by the scandal were in the U.S., Facebook said. READ MORE Read the full Sinclair employee handbook. The guide encourages company employees to “be transparent” and “challenge the status quo.” READ MORE A trade war could cost the GOP at the ballot box. It’s just another way Donald Trump is making life harder for Republicans. READ MORE    .     ICYMI Two of Martin Luther King Jr.’s surviving children gave powerful sermons Tuesday from the pulpit their father stood at when he gave his final speech on April 3, 1968.   Education Secretary Betsy DeVos met with a group of civil rights leaders, parents and teachers Wednesday morning to discuss the impact of Obama-era guidance that calls on schools to reduce their reliance on suspensions and to consider whether racial bias plays a role in their disciplinary practices   The ACLU accused a sheriff and a top prosecutor of rampant misconduct in California’s Orange County. A jail informant scandal has unraveled numerous high-profile cases and threatens to upend still more.    . Want more?  Hillary Clinton Recalls Hairy Story About ‘Misogynist’ Vladimir Putin Donald Trump Jr. Uses YouTube Shooting To Make Incoherent Rant About The Left Anti-Semitism Is Rising, But Trump Won’t Fill A State Department Job To Fight It     How will Trump’s administration impact you? Sign up for our email and find out. Did a friend send you this? Subscribe here. Like what you see? Share it. Want more? Here are two other newsletters you'll love: The Morning Email and Must Reads. ©2018 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe    . - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe