2021: Human Trafficking at the Arnold Classic

July 12, 2022 MuckRock News MuckRock News Dept MR 128701 263 Huntington Ave Boston, MA 02115 RE:     ICE FOIA Case Number 2022-ICFO-22973 Good day: This acknowledges receipt of your June 30, 2022, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for seeking documents concerning The 2021 Arnold Classic Sports Festival and Human Trafficking (i.e. documents that reference this crime occurring at the festival, or being thought to occur at the festival), between the dates of January 1st, 2021 and December 31st, 2021. The Festival occurred from September 25th through September 28th. This request should include but not be limited to reports, memorandum, records, warnings, emails, papers, indictments, evidence, depositions, interviews, case notes, schedules, enforcement actions,and incident reports.  Your request was received in this office on June 30, 2022. PLEASENOTE: Requesters seekingresponsive records from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) areencouraged to create a DHS FOIA Public Access Link (PAL) accountat: . Creating a PALaccount will allow you to directly submit your FOIA request to ICE and trackthe status of your request. In PAL, you can view your prior PAL submissions,sent correspondences, and responsive records. Although PAL is preferred, ICEFOIA will continue to accept FOIA requests via email at (https://foiarequest.dhs.gov/) https://foiarequest.dhs.gov or via regularmail at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Freedom ofInformation Act Office, 500 12 ICE-FOIA@ice.dhs.gov th St. SW, STOP 5009, Washington,DC 20536-5009. 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 2022-ICFO-22973. 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 2022-ICFO-22973 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, Marcus Francis, 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

Mr. Roberts,

ICE's final response to your FOIA request, 2022-ICFO-22476, for documents concerning The 2021 Arnold Classic Sports Festival and Human Trafficking (i.e. documents that reference this crime occurring at the festival, or being thought to occur at the festival), between the dates of January 1st, 2021 and December 31st, 2021. The Festival occurred from September 25th through September 28th. This request should include but not be limited to reports, memorandum, records, warnings, emails, papers, indictments, evidence, depositions, interviews, case notes, schedules, enforcement actions, and incident reports.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 is attached.

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Sincerely,
ICE FOIA

08/16/2023MuckRock NewsDept MR 128701Boston, Massachusetts 02115 RE: ICE FOIA Case Number 2022-ICFO-22973 Dear Requester:This acknowledges receipt of your 6/30/2022, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for seeking documents concerning The 2021 Arnold Classic Sports Festival and Human Trafficking (i.e. documents that reference this crime occurring at the festival, or being thought to occur at the festival), between the dates of January 1st, 2021 and December 31st, 2021. The Festival occurred from September 25th through September 28th. This request should include but not be limited to reports, memorandum, records, warnings, emails, papers, indictments, evidence, depositions, interviews, case notes, schedules, enforcement actions,and incident reports Your request was received in this office on 6/30/2022.Upon review of your request, ICE has determined that this office has previously responded to your request on 9/6/2022 under FOIA case number 2022-ICFO-22476.As this request is a duplicate of your previous request, it has been administratively closed.If you have any questions please contact our FOIA Public Liaison, Fernando Pineiro Jr., at the address above or (866) 633-1182. Please use tracking number 2022-ICFO-22973 in any correspondence. 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.Sincerely,ICE FOIA OfficeImmigration and Customs EnforcementFreedom of Information Act Office500 12th Street, S.W., Stop 5009Washington, D.C. 20536-5009
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