The ACLU of Nevada filed a lawsuit Friday seeking public records from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles amid suspicion the DMV may be collaborating with federal immigration authorities.

Athar Haseebullah, director of the ACLU of Nevada, said since February, the ACLU has filed public records requests in an attempt to determine whether the Nevada DMV was working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The requests were initially denied, he said at a Friday press conference, but after sending a demand letter, the DMV released “heavily redacted” and incomplete correspondence showing “suspicious communications” between the DMV and ICE. The two agencies “have seemingly been collaborative,” he said.

DMV spokesperson Hailey Foster declined to comment. ICE did not immediately respon

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