DHS regularly posts frequently requested and other categories of records that provide transparency into the agency’s operations. Before you submit your request, browse what has already been released on our DHS FOIA Library. The DHS Privacy Office FOIA Library has records from most headquarters-level offices, including the Office of the Secretary, and other high-profile releases made by Components.
Search the DHS FOIA Library, Component FOIA Libraries, and Major Information Systems to learn what records have already been released.
Radical Transparency
Check out DHS' progress in accordance with the President's Radical Transparency Initiative: Radical Transparency at DHS
The Office of Homeland Security Statistics (OHSS) was established in September 2023, replacing the former Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS). OHSS was established to perform independent statistical reporting for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). OHSS will continue to produce legacy OIS data and reports along with a number of new immigration products, and also report on a range of additional topics, including immigration, law enforcement use of force, and intellectual property rights enforcement. Over time, OHSS reports will cover all DHS homeland security statistical data, including cybersecurity; emergency management; infrastructure protection; maritime; screening; terrorism and targeted violence; and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear. Find all public data and records released by OHSS.
Use the links below to learn more about the agency and our operations:
- DHS Open Government Data Sets
- Improvement Plan
- Management Directives
- Procurement Awards & Orders
- Weekly Reports
NOTICE: DHS strives to provide equal access to information and data to people with disabilities in accordance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Not all of the documents on this page are fully Section 508 compliant. If you have problems with any of the documents on this page and need assistance, please contact the FOIA Office at 202-343-1743.
For reports and publications relating to the Department’s mission and strategy, please visit About the Department of Homeland Security, which contains links to many of those documents.
Request Records
Copies of all records, regardless of form or format, which have been released to any person under the FOIA and which, because of the nature of their subject matter, the Departmental Offices determines have become or are likely to become the subject of following requests for substantially the same records. View the requested records listed below:
Those statements of policy and interpretations which have been adopted by the Departmental Offices and are not published in the Federal Register.
- Balanced Workforce Strategy Guidance Version 2.0
- Body Worn Camera Policy
- CBP Immigration records
- CBP We Build the Wall Records
- Certain Seizure Data from CBP
- Civil Unrest and Disturbance Records
- Congressional Correspondence
- COVID-19 Related Records
- CRCL Onsite Investigation Memos
- Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response
- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
- Delegation to Assistant Secretary of Health Affairs Chief Medical Officer
- Del Rio Border Documents
- DHS Departmental FOIA Backlog Reduction Strategy: 2020 - 2023
- DHS Expansion of Biometrics Memo
- DHS Impact of Federal Budget Sequestration
- DHS Office of General Counsel July 2010 Release to Associated Press Regarding DHS FOIA Process
- DHS Office of Inspector General Report: DHS' Process for Responding to FOIA and Congressional Requests
- DHS Open Government Data Sets
- DHS Purchase Card Information
- DHS Records Regarding Changes to the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Guidelines
- DHS Real Property Capital Plan
- DHS S&T Laboratory Fact Sheet
- DHS Weekly Cabinet Report
- Disinformation Governance Board (DGB)
- Documents Related to a February 2018 Press Release Regarding the Border Wall
- Federal Protective Services Protective Security Officer (FPS PSO) Medical Standards
- Fee Waiver or Claims Membership in a Preferential Fee Category (MuckRock)
- FEMA Individual and Public Assistance Claims Paid for Flood Disasters From 1998 to 2011
- eFOIA Mobile Application Related Records
- FOIA Improvement Plan
- Frequently Requested Letters
- FY06 to FY12 Loss, Damaged, or Destroyed (LDD) List
- FY 2024 CPO Memorandum for Component Heads
- Jones Act Waivers Executed by DHS January - September 2011
- Memoranda and Directives Related to FOIA
- Memo Expanding the Scope of the DHS Insider Threat Program
- Memo on Information Regarding First Amendment Protected Activities
- Memorandum of Cooperation between DHS and Guatemala to Address Irregular Immigration
- New York University Medical Center Public Assistance Project Worksheets Regarding Hurricane Sandy
- No Mas Muertas/No More Deaths Records from CBP
- Occupy Wall Street
- Termination of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity
- Travel Reports (including Senior Official Travel Reports and Premium Class Travel Reports)
- Donation to the Department of Homeland Security by President Trump
- Primary Mission Essential Functions (PMEFs) by Department
- Procurement Awards and Orders
- Prohibited Items Program, NPPD FPS Directive 15.9.3.1 rev 1
- Resignation Letter of Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen
- Resignation Email of Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen to Staff
- Resumes of Political Appointees
- Sheriff David Clarke's Possible Appointment to DHS
- USCIS A-Files of Interest
- Venntel Contracts
- Zero Tolerance Policy and EO 13481, Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation
- CBP Border Wall Records (American Oversight v. Department of Homeland Security)
- CBP Border Wall Records (Center for Biological Diversity v. Duke)
- CBP Border Wall Records (Center for Biological Diversity v. Department of Homeland Security)
- CBP Border Wall Records (Center for Investigative Reporting v. Department of Homeland Security)
- CBP Border Wall Records (Sierra Club v. Department of Homeland Security)
- CBP Border Wall Records (various)
Executive Orders on Protecting the Homeland
- Memo: Suspension of the 287(g) Program Advisory Board - Jan. 30, 2025
- Directive: 5004.3 Stays of Removal and Private Immigration Bills
- Memo: Common Sense Enforcement Actions in or Near Protected Areas - Jan. 31, 2025
- Memo: Departmental Compliance for Promoting Transparency and Accountability and Compliance with (a)(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. - March 4, 2025