A number of people have emailed since my ICE story was published in The New York Times Magazine to ask how I was able to learn who the deportation officers were searching for in Washington State databases, and when they searched, and how I got a record of the searches. The short answer is that I filed dozens of public-records requests over the course of a year, and instead of sending them to ICE, I sent them to state and local agencies.
How to Reverse-Engineer an ICE Investigation?
How to Reverse-Engineer an ICE Investigation?
How to Reverse-Engineer an ICE Investigation?
A number of people have emailed since my ICE story was published in The New York Times Magazine to ask how I was able to learn who the deportation officers were searching for in Washington State databases, and when they searched, and how I got a record of the searches. The short answer is that I filed dozens of public-records requests over the course of a year, and instead of sending them to ICE, I sent them to state and local agencies.