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Requests from people facing deportation

This request asks for messages, procedures and analyses about how USCIS handles records requests from people in removal proceedings (deportation cases, handled as "Track 3") and from people whose address is a detention center. It includes any analysis of how often those requests were closed, from September 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.

Why it matters
People facing deportation often need their records for their defense. These records could show whether their requests are handled differently from others.
ProcessingExtension invoked 27 business days since filing (39 calendar days)

Figures as of Oct 17, 2026. Check after Nov 16, 2026: if you are reading later than that, these figures may be out of date.

These figures are more than 30 days old. They may not reflect what has happened since Oct 17, 2026.

Extension invoked
USCIS told the requester it would invoke the 10-working-day "unusual circumstances" extension the law allows (5 U.S.C. 552(a)(6)(B)). What an extension means

Timeline

  1. FiledSep 8, 2026
  2. Acknowledged by USCISSep 14, 2026
  3. Final responseNot yet received

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Template T-32
Communications from IRIS and NRC leadership (including National Records Center and FOIA Program leadership such as the National Records Center Director and the USCIS FOIA Officer, and subordinate supervisors), procedures and analyses concerning FOIA requests from subjects in removal proceedings (Track 3) and from subjects with detention-center addresses, including any analysis of closure rates for these populations, September 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
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