Jun 24, 2016 at 5:17 PM
How Much To Access Government Data On Immigration? Only $173,775
By Jody Avirgan
Filed under What's The Point
“There is no case law around an issue like this.”
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A little more than a year ago, Quartz’s David Yanofsky did what many data reporters do every day: He submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for a set of statistics from a government agency. Yanofsky wanted immigration statistics about who enters the country from the International Trade Administration, the only government agency that compiles comprehensive records of this kind.