FOIA requests and other background checks : a practical guide to filing records requests in immigration cases / by Alison Kamhi & ILRC staff attorneys.

"The Immigrant Legal Resource Center has updated this comprehensive guide about Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and other background checks in order to provide practitioners with a one-stop guide for information about why, when, where, and how to file background checks in immigration cases. This guide describes the various federal agencies and components that generally hold immigratio records, explains how to request records and appeal denials or incomplete responses, and provides tips for certain circumstances, such as reporesenting minors or immigrants in removal proceedings. The appendices include simple FOIA requests to the Department of Homeland Security (including requests for USCIS Tack 3 processing, and appeals to USCIS, ICE, and OBIM), the Department of State, and the Department of Justice; sample federal complaints and advocacy FOIAs to DHS; sample records requests to the Office of Refugee Resettlement; sample Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and state background check records; and many other resources for both private attorneys and nonprofit practitioners seeking records in immigration cases." -- Summary from book.