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Letter Supporting Waiver of FOIA Search Fee

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The People For the American Way Foundation was given an advance bill of $373,000 by the Justice Department to search…

The People For the American Way Foundation was given an advance bill of $373,000 by the Justice Department to search for records on requests by the federal government to seal court files in cases involving the detention and deportation of immigrant detainees. CJOG and other groups supported a request by PFAWF for a waiver of the fee, saying release of the records was in the public interest.

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