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Citing concerns raised by the Brennan Center and other civil liberties and civil rights organizations about the Extreme Vetting Initiative in letters submitted in November 2017, the Congressional Black Caucus today called on Secretary Nielsen to suspend all activities related to ICE's Extreme Vetting Initiative (aka Visa Lifecycle Vetting).

The Brennan Center, in collaboration with Protect Democracy and Lawfare, filed a request for correction of a misleading report prepared by the Departments of Justice (“DOJ”) and Homeland Security (“DHS”) purporting to provide evidence of the security threats posed by foreign-born people in the United States.