Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody sues feds over immigration records
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that federal agencies have not complied with records requests about Biden administration immigration policies.
Moody filed the lawsuit in federal district court in Fort Pierce against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
It alleges that the state sent a Freedom of Information request to the federal agencies Oct. 11 seeking records related to immigration policies.
“The defendants have failed to process and make a determination regarding Florida’s October 11, 2021 FOIA request within the statutory time limit and are unlawfully withholding records requested by Florida,” the lawsuit said.
Moody is asking a judge to order the federal agencies to search for records in connection with the request and produce non-exempt records.
Moody this year also has filed two lawsuits challenging Biden administration immigration policies.
A U.S. district judge in Tampa refused in May to issue a preliminary injunction to block Biden administration immigration decisions. That prompted Moody to take the case to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where it is pending. She also has filed a case that is pending in federal district court in Pensacola.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody sues feds over immigration records
