The Biden administration’s review of the use of social media identifiers in visa vetting
Documents released in our FOIA lawsuit for records related to the Presidential Proclamation 10141 Section 3 report.
On his first day in office, President Biden issued Presidential Proclamation 10141, titled “Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to the United States.” Section 3 of the Proclamation ordered the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence to conduct a review of the use of social media identifiers in the visa vetting process, including an assessment of the efficacy of this practice. This reading room contains all documents produced to date in Knight Institute v. Department of State, et al., a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit the Knight Institute filed on April 12, 2022, seeking records relating to that review.
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Email thread re: "USCIS declined to respond to the Subsection A and D taskings"
Email thread between Casie Antalis and others regarding USCIS declining to respond to Subsection A and D taskings.
9/27/2022
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Email thread re: "USCIS declined to respond to the Subsection A and D taskings"
Email thread between Casie Antalis and others (redacted) regarding obtaining USCIS language for the Subsection A and D taskings of the 120-Day Report.
9/27/2022
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Email thread between Casie Antalis, Randall Kaplan, Todd Seidl, and [redacted] re: USCIS declining to respond to the Subsection A and D taskings.
Email thread with follow ups about overdue language for Subsection D input for PP 10141 Section 3 120-Day Report, and discussion about USCIS declining to respond to Subsection A and D taskings. Further response is redacted.
3/27/2023
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Email thread between Richard Puleo, Casie Antalis, Todd Seidl, and [redacted] re: USCIS declining to respond to the Subsection A and D taskings.
Email thread with follow-ups about overdue language for Subsection D input for PP 10141 Section 3 120-Day Report, and discussion about USCIS declining to respond to Subsection A and D taskings. Further response from Richard Puelo, regarding lack of USCIS response, is redacted.
3/27/2023
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Email thread re: DII NSC Due-Outs
Email thread including chart with timeline of due dates for NCTC tasks.
2/6/2023
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Email thread between USCIS Exec Sec, PLCY Exec Sec, Morgan Dennis, Patrice Davis, and [redacted] regarding USCIS's efforts to complete its contributions to the Section 3 120-Day Report.
Further correspondence between USCIS and DHS regarding the need for USCIS's Subsection A Input for PP 10141 Section 3 120-Day Report.
3/27/2023
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Email thread re: "TASKING: DUE by COB 2/17 Sub-Section A Input for PP 10141 Section 3 120-Day Report"
Email thread regarding ICE's response to the Section A and D taskings for the PP 10141 Report.
7/25/2023
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Email thread between USCIS Exec Sec, PLCY Exec Sec, Morgan Dennis, Patrice Davis, and [redacted] regarding USCIS's efforts to complete its contributions to the Section 3 120-Day Report.
Further correspondence between USCIS and DHS regarding the need for USCIS's response to Subsection A Input for PP 10141 Section 3 120-Day Report. Most recent email inquires whether the response from USCIS will come back in "uniformed (clean version) representing all of USCIS's equities in one voice."
3/27/2023
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Email thread between USCIS Exec Sec and DHS PLCY regarding the status of contributions to the PP 10141 Section 3 120-Day Report.
This thread consists of status updates regarding Subsection A and D of the PP10141 Section 3 120-Day Report.
3/27/2023
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Email thread re: PP 10141 Section 3 working groups and readout
Email thread describing initial PP10141 working groups and ODNI participation.
4/2/2024