Credit: tolgahan ay;
Collection: iStock / Getty Images Plus
Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday, demanding that ICE and the Federal Bureau of Prisons turn over officials’ emails discussing decisions not to take custody of immigrants in federal prisons.
The seven-page complaint filed in the Fort Myers division of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida alleges the agencies did not provide any of the information the state requested in March, violating the Freedom of Information Act.
Moody wants records showing discussions about whether ICE officials refused to take custody of immigrants released from federal prisons. In the press release announcing the suit, Moody mentioned reports of a Venezuelan gang taking over an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado. The complaint also mentions the alleged gang takeover.
“Reports last week show possible foreign gang-affiliated illegal aliens overtaking apartment complexes in American cities. This administration has made it clear they will not turn over documents showing this dangerous and unlawful scheme in a timely manner,” she wrote in the press release.
“Now, American cities are suffering in a very public way. I will not stand idly by and allow this dereliction of duty, that is why I filed suit today.”
However, the Aurora Police Department said there is no evidence that a gang had taken over the apartment as reports of a video of armed men entering one of the units suggest.