Reading Room Document
Use of Confidential Information
This memo examined whether the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) may use information from amnesty applications to institute deportation proceedings. It concluded that INS could not use this information for such a purpose because the Immigration Reform and Control Act forbade the use of application information for purposes other than processing the application or prosecuting applicants who made false statements.
The OLC's Opinions
Opinions published by the OLC, including those released in response to our FOIA lawsuit