Customs' Record Backlog Flouts FOIA Rules, Suit Claims

By Vin Gurrieri (March 13, 2015, 1:44 PM EDT) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection was hit with a class action in California federal court on Thursday by 11 noncitizens and three immigration lawyers accusing it of violating the Freedom of Information Act by allowing tens of thousands of immigration record requests to stall for months or even years beyond the required 20-day processing period....

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