Inside Trump’s New Immigrant Registry—And the Legal Fight to Expose It

The policy resurrects the Smith Act of 1940. Critics say it’s bait for mass deportation. DHS won’t turn over documents. Now they’re being sued.

The government watchdog group American Oversight has filed suit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and three of its immigration agencies for allegedly stonewalling public records requests tied to a controversial Trump administration registration program targeting undocumented immigrants.