Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to obtain Joe Biden’s misplaced records from his time as Vice-President during the Obama Administration. In November 2022, attorneys for President Biden purportedly “discovered” classified documents from his time as Vice […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) released the second production of records obtained through its lawsuit against the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) from Joe Biden’s time as Vice President in the Obama Administration regarding Hunter Biden and his corrupt foreign business dealings.  This second set of documents confirms there was effectively […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) sent a letter to William MacFarland, the Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives, asking him to commence an investigation into leftist “activist” David Brock, the Congressional Integrity Project, and Facts First USA for potentially unlawful obstruction of Congressional oversight investigations.  Federal law prohibits the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal Foundation’s (AFL) Center for Legal Equality launched an investigation into the Biden Administration’s efforts to radically reshape the federal government through the deployment of “Agency Equity Teams” at twenty-three federal agencies, which are manded by President Biden’s Executive Order on “Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) petitioned the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to require that the National Basketball Association (NBA) and its commissioner, Adam Silver, register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act as agents of the Chinese Communist Party. AFL’s petition follows an oversight letter signed by twelve U.S. Senators and Representatives […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed federal ethics and Inspector General complaints and launched an investigation into the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for partisan retaliation against Elon Musk and Twitter for exposing collusive censorship conducted by the Biden Administration and its deep state allies.  AFL’s complaint with the U.S. Senate Select Committee […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) announced that it has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for illegally concealing records related to the Biden Administration’s reckless open borders policies for the hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied alien children (UAC) who have been released into the United States since January […]

Exclusively Uncovered: Only 409 Minors Removed, 350,000+ Released into the United States WASHINGTON, D.C. – America First Legal (AFL) is releasing shocking statistics obtained through litigation against DHS’ U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), revealing the staggering extent to which the Biden Administration has facilitated the most significant child smuggling and trafficking operation in American […]

“America First Legal salutes Ashley Moody on this significant win. Our organization continues to work with all willing Attorneys General to fight open borders and stop the parole nightmare,” said Stephen Miller, President of America First Legal. WASHINGTON, D.C. – This afternoon, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida issued a decision […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) against Hunter Biden for failing to register under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) during his time as a board member of the Ukrainian oil and natural gas company, Burisma Holdings Limited. This complaint is based […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) released the first production of records obtained from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in our lawsuit against the National Archives and Records Administration regarding Hunter Biden and his corrupt foreign business dealings and records from Joe Biden’s time as Vice President in the Obama Administration.  […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, America First Legal (AFL) advanced its investigation into the Biden Administration’s obsession with “misinformation,” “disinformation,” and “malinformation” by filing a new request with the U.S. Department of State to obtain records that show their role in the origins of the Administration’s censorship agenda.  The federal government, under the Biden Administration, […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) launched an investigation of records at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) relating to federal health grants and contracts for outsourcing unlawful censorship of Biden’s COVID-19 pandemic propaganda and response. Although HHS does not have clear statutory authorization to regulate “misinformation”– whether about vaccines […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for illegally concealing records related to the off-label use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones on children. On September 29, 2022, AFL filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for all Biden FDA records  regarding the off-label use […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) and co-counsel Christopher Mills sued the South Carolina House of Representatives Legislative Ethics Committee on behalf of the South Carolina Freedom Caucus to protect free speech.  Currently, South Carolina law allows only certain legislative caucuses to raise money and engage in the full range of protected free […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a formal complaint with the House Committee on Administration’s Communications Standards Commission against Representative Veronica Escobar (TX-16) for her attempt to silence AFL in blatant violation of the official standards governing the use of official office communications by Members of Congress. On November 2, 2022, Rep. […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal’s (AFL) Center for Legal Equality launched an investigation of the Biden Administration’s illegal plans for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to make race-based tax audit and enforcement decisions.   Congress has prohibited the IRS from collecting race and ethnicity data from American taxpayers. But since President Biden took office, […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, President Biden issued an Executive Order titled “Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.” Without any Congressional authorization, Biden has ordered a radical, racist, and fundamentally anti-American overhaul of every federal function under the guise of “equity.”  Background on “Equity” “Equity” is a euphemism for […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, as part of its ongoing litigation blitz against the Biden Administration’s unlawful obstruction of America First Legal’s (AFL) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, AFL sued Biden’s Department of State. This suit aims to expose: America First Legal is determined to hold the Biden Administration accountable for breaking federal law and […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a lawsuit against the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) for systematically violating federal law by refusing to comply with seven AFL Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The requests cover: America First Legal is determined to hold the Biden Administration accountable for breaking federal law and concealing these […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL), in partnership with the State of Texas and twenty other states, filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit against Biden’s Department of Homeland Security, seeking to immediately cease its illegal new program that will allow hundreds of thousands of additional illegal aliens to be […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – America First Legal (AFL) commends Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s office for issuing a memo reminding state agencies and universities that considering “diversity, equity and inclusion” in employment or admissions is illegal. The letter states that “federal and state law forbid discrimination against a current or prospective employee because of that person’s race, […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, America First Legal (AFL) filed a complaint with the Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility–the office responsible for investigating attorney misconduct for the Department–seeking an investigation to determine whether Biden DOJ lawyers maliciously prosecuted pro-life advocate Mark Houck under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. According to […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) released a comprehensive investigative report finding that Biden’s Department of Justice is systematically evading the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to shield its activities from public view, and that forty percent of Biden’s cabinet agencies simply fail to comply with the FOIA’s plain requirements. Specifically: Statement from […]