Emails mentioning "tear gas" and/or "teargas" (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services)

Good afternoon,

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Lee's Summit, MO 64064-8010

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Thank You,
FOIA, USCIS
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Thank you,

FOIA staff

Your control number for this case is COW2019000225 and your request is currently number 769 of 774 in Track 2

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Christopher Schiano,
I am following up on your attached Freedom of Information Act request sent to USCIS regarding emails sent or received by any employee between November 24, 2018 and November 27, 2018 with the keywords "tear gas" and/or "teargas".

USCIS cannot conduct a search based on your current request. USCIS' Office of Information Technology does not have the capability to conduct a search across the entire network using a keyword search. Searches such as your request requires a search of each individual USCIS' employee profile. Would you be able to provide a list of specific USCIS employees or USCIS positions that you would like us to search?

Please respond to this email with a listing of USCIS employees, USCIS positions or any other information that may assist our office is searching for records.

T. Allen Jaynes
Senior Government Information Specialist
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
150 Space Center Loop
Lee's Summit, MO 64064
(816) 350-5500, ext 5095

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The request has been rejected by the agency.