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Immigration,
Criminal

Mar. 10, 2020

US judge blocks Sacramento TV station from getting immigration files in criminal case

KXTV, a Sacramento ABC affiliate, filed a Freedom of Information Act request for “all immigration files, photos, annotations and investigations compiled” on Omar Ameen, an Iraqi who is facing terrorism charges and deportation in federal court.

A federal judge in Sacramento has rejected a television station's bid to gain the immigration files of a man facing terrorism charges.

KXTV, a Sacramento ABC affiliate, filed a Freedom of Information Act request for "all immigration files, photos, annotations and investigations compiled" on Omar Ameen. However, U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez ruled Friday the re...

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