Louise Trauma Ctr. v. DHS (D.D.C.) -- deciding that: (1) USCIS did not conduct adequates searches for guidance materials used for new asylum officers or concerning FOIA’s reasonable harm provision; (2) USCIS did not justify its reliance on Exemption 5’s deliberative process privilege, but other records were properly withheld under attorney work-product privilege; (3) USCIS properly withheld names of third party trainers under Exemption 6; and (4) except for one page, USCIS properly used Exemption 7(E) to withhold “sensitive techniques used by asylum officers to conduct interviews and consider applications.
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