Department Spending at Trump Properties (United States Customs and Border Protection)

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* Tracking Number: CBP-2018-040140
* Requester Name: Elijah Kaplan
* Date Submitted: 03/19/2018
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description: To Whom It May Concern: Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records: All documents, of any type whatsoever, regarding any department spending at any of the following properties: 1. Trump Winery / Trump Vineyard Estates 3550 Blenheim Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22902 2. Trump International Hotel & Tower® Chicago 401 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60611 3. Mar-a-Lago Club 1100 S Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, FL 33480 4. Trump Grande Sunny Isles 18101 Collins Ave, North Miami Beach, FL 33160 5. Trump Towers Sunny Isles 15901 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 15811 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 6. Trump International Hotel Las Vegas 2000 Fashion Show Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89109 7. Trump International Hotel Waikiki 223 Saratoga Rd, Honolulu, HI 96815 8. Trump National Golf Course Bedminster 900 Lamington Rd, Bedminster Township, NJ 07921 9. Trump National Jupiter Golf Club 115 Eagle Tree Ter, Jupiter, FL 33477 10. Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. 1100 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004 11. Trump Parc Stamford 1 Broad St, Stamford, CT 06901 12. 555 California St, San Francisco, CA 94104 13. Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles 1 Trump National Dr, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 14. Tishman Building 666 Fifth Avenue,New York, NY 10019 15. Trump National Golf Club Charlotte 120 Trump Sq, Mooresville, NC 28117 16. Trump SoHo (renamed The Dominick) 246 Spring St, New York, NY 10013 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. Sincerely, Elijah Kaplan

After careful review of your FOIA request,  CBP-2018-040140, we have determined that your request is too broad in scope or did not specifically identify the records which you are seeking. FOIA is not a search mechanism.  Records must be described in reasonably sufficient detail to enable government employees who are familiar with the subject area to locate records without placing an unreasonable burden upon the agency.  For this reason, §5.3(b) of the DHS regulations, 6 C.F.R. Part 5, require that you describe the records you are seeking with as much information as possible to ensure that our search can locate them with a reasonable amount of effort.  Whenever possible, a request should include specific information about each record sought, such as the event that would have created the record, a date range for the request, and subject matter of the records. The FOIA does not require an agency to create new records, answer questions posed by requesters, or attempt to interpret a request that does not identify specific records.
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