Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING Case No. 21-cv-02844-JD

JUSTICE -- ASIAN LAW CAUCUS,

8 Plaintiff, ORDER RE FOIA REDACTIONS 9 v.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND

SECURITY, IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, et al., 12 Defendants. 13 Plaintiff Asian Americans Advancing Justice -- Asian Law Caucus (ALC) seeks documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Department of State, about the factors the government uses to determine whether Vietnamese citizens ordered removed from the United States will be accepted by the Vietnamese government. ICE has established that FOIA Exemption 7(E) for law enforcement applies, and so summary judgment is granted in favor of defendants. BACKGROUND As alleged in the complaint, ALC seeks a copy of a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Vietnam “that implicates the repatriation of…