Joe Del (Deputy District Director Investigations Greater Los Angeles Area)
| Tracking # |
2018-ICFO-55051 |
| Submitted | June 27, 2018 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Taylor Amarel
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
All emails sent to, from, or copied to Joe Del (Deputy District Director Investigations Greater Los Angeles Area) from January 1, 2018 to Present Day containing any of the following non-case-sensitive key-strings: "EB-5", "Amarel", "Whistleblower", "stephen miller", "broken families", "resignation", "kushner", or "family separation".
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Taylor Amarel
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 27, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
August 09, 2018 Taylor Amarel MuckRock News DEPT MR 56913 411A Highland Ave Somerville, MA 02144-2516 RE: ICE FOIA Case Number 2018-ICFO-55051
This e-mail is in regards to your July 27, 2018 ICE FOIA request for all emails sent to, from, or copied to Joe Del (Deputy District Director Investigations Greater Los Angeles Area) from January 1, 2018 to Present Day containing any of the following non-case-sensitive-key-strings: "EB-5", "Amarel", "Whistleblower", "Stephen Miller", "Broken Families", "resignation", "Kushner", or "family separation".
In conducting a search for responsive records, the ICE FOIA office has determined that further clarification is needed regarding your request. Is Joe Del the correct person you are seeking records for within the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency? If so, is he still currently employed with ICE? Please provide the ICE FOIA office with a response as soon as possible to avoid any further delay in the processing of your request. If a response is not received within 30 days, your request will be administratively closed.
Sincerely,
ICE FOIA
From: Taylor Amarel
To whom this may concern,
Thank you for your response.
According to media published information, Joe Del was an employee of ICE. (However, that was some months ago and I am not sure the current status of employment).
If you are unable to locate this person, please conduct an equivalent search for the email records of the Deputy District Director Investigations Greater Los Angeles Area.
Thank you,
Taylor Amarel
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
August 23, 2018 Taylor Amarel MuckRock News DEPT MR 56913 411A Highland Ave Somerville, MA 02144-2516 RE: ICE FOIA Case Number 2018-ICFO-55051 Dear Mr. Amarel: This acknowledges receipt of your July 27, 2018, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for all emails sent to, from, or copied to the Deputy District Director Investigations Greater Los Angeles Area from January 1, 2018 to Present Day containing any of the following non-case-sensitive-key-strings: "EB-5", "Amarel", "Whistleblower", "Stephen Miller", "Broken Families", "resignation", "Kushner", or "family separation". Your request was received in this office on July 27, 2018. Due to the increasing number of FOIA requests received by this office, we may encounter some delay in processing your request. Per Section 5.5(a) of the DHS FOIA regulations, 6 C.F.R. Part 5, ICE processes FOIA requests according to their order of receipt. Although ICE’s goal is to respond within 20 business days of receipt of your request, the FOIA does permit a 10- day extension of this time period. As your request seeks numerous documents that will necessitate a thorough and wide-ranging search, ICE will invoke a 10-day extension for your request, as allowed by Title 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(B). If you care to narrow the scope of your request, please contact our office. We will make every effort to comply with your request in a timely manner. Provisions of the FOIA allow us to recover part of the cost of complying with your request. We shall charge you for records in accordance with the DHS Interim FOIA regulations, as they apply to media requesters. As a media requester, you will be charged 10 cents per page for duplication; the first 100 pages are free. We will construe the submission of your request as an agreement to pay up to $25.00. You will be contacted before any further fees are accrued. We have queried the appropriate program offices within ICE for responsive records. If any responsive records are located, they will be reviewed for determination of releasability. Please be assured that one of the processors in our office will respond to your request as expeditiously as possible. We appreciate your patience as we proceed with your request.
Your request has been assigned reference number 2018-ICFO-55051. Please refer to this identifier in any future correspondence. To check the status of an ICE FOIA/PA request, please visit . Please note that to check the status of a request, you must enter the 2017-ICFO-XXXXX or 2018-ICFO-XXXXX tracking number. If you need any further assistance or would like to discuss any aspect of your request, please contact the FOIA office. You may send an e-mail to ice-foia@ice.dhs.gov, call toll free (866) 633-1182, or you may contact our FOIA Public Liaison, Fernando Pineiro, in the same manner. Additionally, you have a right to right to seek dispute resolution services from the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) which mediates disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal agencies as a non-exclusive alternative to litigation. If you are requesting access to your own records (which is considered a Privacy Act request), you should know that OGIS does not have the authority to handle requests made under the Privacy Act of 1974. You may contact OGIS as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001, e-mail at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at 202-741-5770; toll free at 1-877-684-6448; or facsimile at 202-741-5769. (http://www.dhs.gov/foia-status) http://www.dhs.gov/foia-status
Regards,
ICE FOIA Office
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Freedom of Information Act Office
500 12th Street, S.W., Stop 5009
Washington, D.C. 20536-5009
Telephone: 1-866-633-1182
Visit our FOIA website at
www.ice.gov/foia
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
August 31, 2018 Taylor Amarel MuckRock News DEPT MR 56913 411A Highland Ave Somerville, MA 02144-2516 RE: ICE FOIA Case Number 2018-ICFO-55051
This e-mail is in regards to your July 27, 2018 ICE FOIA request for all emails sent to, from, or copied to the Deputy District Director Investigations Greater Los Angeles Area from January 1, 2018 to Present Day containing any of the following non-case-sensitive-key-strings: "EB-5", "Amarel", "Whistleblower", "Stephen Miller", "Broken Families", "resignation", "Kushner", or "family separation".
In conducting a search for responsive records, the ICE FOIA office has determined that further clarification is needed regarding your request. Deputy District Director Investigations Greater Los Angeles Area is not a formal position that ICE staff is aware of. Please provide specific ICE employees in which you would like for us to conduct our search in regards to your request. Please provide the ICE FOIA office with a response as soon as possible to avoid any further delay in the processing of your request. If a response is not received within 30 days, your request will be administratively closed.
Sincerely,
ICE FOIA