ICE doesn't exactly have a track record of following any laws or courts in general. So I wouldn't expect them to answer any FOIA obligation.
This is the fundamental flaw uncovered in the US system by the current administration. Turns out that if one agency decides to go rogue and declare that no laws apply to them, there is no mechanism in place to prevent that.
There is certainly an assault on government record keeping.
Also there is an assault on non-partisan governmental employees. This administration is politicizing government at all levels — bureaucrats are losing their legal cover in the fight for compliance.
Emily Bazelon of the Slate Political Gabfest talks about the federal government in legal cases is losing their _presumption of regularity_. Which is to say courts had previously dealt with justice department under the assumption they would follow laws and court orders. Not so much these days.
Funny side note. I had a BS moving violation ticket. I called to request camera footage from the police vehicle. I was told how to request it and received in the mail a polite refusal stating it was being used in an ongoing investigation. Ha! Mine. (I did have a court date, no video, but I did win my case).
https://americanoversight.org/investigation/presidential-rec...
The basis is "come and take it." A court order doesn't work on the brownshirts.
https://www.muckrock.com/foi/list/?page=1&per_page=100&agenc...
Things they have said are a threat to national security that must be prevented:
* Bodycam releases, broadly * Windmills * Not having a $400 grifted ballroom they had no approval for
They'll probably say the same about the golf course Trump is trying to install, as he takes over jogging/biking/picnic spaces from DC's Haynes Point this fall.
It's all made up. It's just an excuse to betray democracy, a cloak of darkness. Their own National Insecurity.