2021 ICE DRIL Hotline Calls
| Submitted | Dec. 30, 2021 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Andrew Free
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
1. Printouts or electronic records showing all Detainee Reporting and Information Line calls for each ICE facility holding civil immigration detainees for 72 hours or longer during the months of January 2020 - December 2021.
2. Any record showing the total number of DRIL calls per facility for FY20-FY21.
3. Any record showing the total number of investigations (CRCL/OPR/OIG) opened based on DRIL calls during FY20-FY21.
4. All agency records pertaining to the ICE FOIA Office’s processing of the request assigned tracking number 2019-ICFO-38997.
5. ICE’s FOIA logs from FY20 and FY21.
Please note that this is a cloned request seeking records substantially similar to those provided by the agency in November 2021 pursuant to ICE FOIA request 2019-ICFO-38997.
I make this request on behalf of Al Otro Lado’s #DetentionKills Transparency Initiative.
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,
Andrew Free
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 Dec. 30, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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 Dec. 30, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Andrew Free
Good morning,
More than two months without an acknowledgement of this request. Please advise how the agency plans to address this unlawful delay.
Many thanks,
Andrew
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 Dec. 30, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Andrew Free
I hereby appeal the agency’s failure to acknowledge receiving this request and assign an individualized tracking number within 10 days.
From: Andrew Free
I hereby appeal the agency’s failure to acknowledge receiving this request and assign an individualized tracking number within 10 days.
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Good Morning,
Your case is currently in the que to be processed. We are working diligently to get it completed.
Very Respectfully,
ICE, FOIA
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From: Andrew Free
May we please have the courtesy of an individualized tracking number?
For reference, here is what the law requires:
7) Each agency shall—
(A) establish a system to assign an individualized tracking number for each request received that will take longer than ten days to process and provide to each person making a request the tracking number assigned to the request; and
(B) establish a telephone line or Internet service that provides information about the status of a request to the person making the request using the assigned tracking number, including—
(i) the date on which the agency originally received the request; and
(ii) an estimated date on which the agency will complete action on the request.
Thank you,
Andrew Free
#DetentionKills Transparency Initiative
Al Otro Lado
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
**Please Do Not Respond Directly -This email has been sent on behalf of ice-foia@dhs.gov**
We have received your Freedom of Information Act request for Appealing adequacy of search and have assigned it tracking number 2022-ICAP-00598. Please refer to the attached Acknowledgement Letter for more information.
ICE FOIA.
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
May 09, 2022 Andrew Free MuckRock News DEPT MR 122335, 411A Highland Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02144-2516 RE: ICE FOIA Case Number 2022-ICFO-14877 Dear Free: This acknowledges receipt of your December 30, 2021, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for printouts or electronic records showing all Detainee Reporting and Information Line calls for each ICE facility holding civil immigration detainees for 72 hours or longer during the months of January 2020 - December 2021, any record showing the total number of DRIL calls per facility for FY20-FY21, any record showing the total number of investigations (CRCL/OPR/OIG) opened based on DRIL calls during FY20-FY21, all agency records pertaining to the ICE FOIA Office’s processing of the request assigned tracking number 2019-ICFO-38997, and ICE’s FOIA logs from FY20 and FY21.. Your request was received in this office on December 30, 2021. 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. 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-14877. 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-14877 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
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Mr. Free,
ICE's final response to your FOIA request, 2022-ICAP-00598, for Appealing adequacy of search is attached.
Please note that the attachment may be password protected. If you are prompted to enter a password when opening the attachment and you did not receive a password it may be in your junk/spam folder.
Sincerely,
ICE FOIA
From: Andrew Free
We hereby appeal the agency's failure to comply with the timing provisions of the Act.
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