Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (National Archives and Records Administration)

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* Tracking Number: NARA-NGC-2018-000695
* Requester Name: Carolyn Komatsoulis
* Date Submitted: 07/02/2018
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description: To Whom It May Concern: Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records: For the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996: -Any and all memos about the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 -Any and all records containing instructions for how to handle the new changes from the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 -Any and all records relating to the construction of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border as a result of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, including MOUs, MOAs, contracts, and construction bids. -Any and all records related to agreements between the U.S. Attorney General and state and local law enforcement agencies as part of section 287(g) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 -Any and all records relating to the arrest and jail time of deportees under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, including 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. 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, Carolyn Komatsoulis

Dear Ms. Komatsoulis,

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For your reference, a copy of your request is below. Your request is so
broad that it may cover records of four or more agencies: United States
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) which are all part
of the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Justice
(DOJ). Prior to 2001, the predecessor agency to USCIS and ICE was the
Immigration and Naturalization Service within the DOJ, and U.S. Customs and
Border Patrol preceded the CBP.

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Susan Gillett
Government Information Specialist
Office of General Counsel
National Archives and Records Administration
College Park, MD 20740-6001
301-837-3409
susan.gillett@nara.gov

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: foia@regulations.gov <foia@regulations.gov>
Date: Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 10:36 AM
Subject: FOIA Request Export: NARA-NGC-2018-000695
To: "susan.gillett@nara.gov" <susan.gillett@nara.gov>

Below is an export of the submitted request information for the FOIA
request NARA-NGC-2018-000695.

- *Name and Address*
- First Name: Carolyn
- Middle Initial:
- Last Name: Komatsoulis
- Organization: MuckRock
- Mailing Address Location: United States/U.S. Territories
- Address Line 1: MuckRock News DEPT MR 56950
- Address Line 2: 411A Highland Ave
- City: Somerville
- State/Province: MA
- Zip/Postal Code: 02144
- *Contact Information*
- E-mail Address: requests@muckrock.com
- Phone Number:
- Fax Number:
- *Agency and Fee Information*
- Assigned Agency: NGC - Office of General Counsel
- Will Pay Up To: $20.00
- *Description*
- To Whom It May Concern: Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act,
I hereby request the following records: For the Illegal
Immigration Reform
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996: -Any and all memos about the
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 -Any
and all records containing instructions for how to handle the new changes
from the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of
1996 -Any and all records relating to the construction of barriers along
the U.S.-Mexico border as a result of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, including MOUs, MOAs,
contracts, and
construction bids. -Any and all records related to agreements between the
U.S. Attorney General and state and local law enforcement
agencies as part
of section 287(g) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 -Any and all records relating to the
arrest and
jail time of deportees under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996, including 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. 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, Carolyn Komatsoulis
- *Fee Waiver*
- Fee Waiver Requested: No
- Fee Waiver Reason:
- *Expedited Processing*
- Expedited Processing Requested: No
- Expedited Processing Reason:

Dear Ms. Komatsoulis,

This is in response to your July 3, 2018 Freedom of Information Act request
(RD#57648) regarding the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration
Responsibility Act of 1996. Your request was received by our office on July
5, 2018.

We make reasonable efforts to assist researchers with their work. As a
matter of policy, we do not generally conduct substantive research in
response to requests filed under the Freedom of Information Act, except in
circumstances where documents are easily locatable.

Please note that the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is
the depository of the permanently valuable, non-current records of the
federal government. Records accessioned by NARA only include approximately
3-5% of all records produced by the U.S. Government. The records in our
custody are usually transferred to us after their administrative purposes
are complete. This typically takes a minimum of 20-30 years after the
document's creation.

Based on the date of the legislation, we believe that responsive records
could be located in Record Group 60: Records of the Department of Justice.
We have accessioned the following series created by the Office of the
Attorney General from this time period. Below is a list of Subject Files:

*Entry Information *
UD 17W 15 Subject Files of Attorney General Janet Reno
UD 17W 16 Subject Files of Attorney General Janet Reno
UD 17W 26 Subject Files of Attorney General Janet Reno
UD 17W 34 Chronological and Subject Files of Attorney General Janet Reno
UD 17W 36 Subject Files of Attorney General Janet Reno
UD 17W 38 Subject, Budget, Chronological, Briefing Files of Attorney
General Janet Reno
UD 18W 6 Subject Files of Attorney General Janet Reno

We have attached the container lists for all of the above records as a
courtesy, with the exception of UD 17W 38, which is unavailable due to
personally identifiable information listed in the transfer dossier.

You will notice that many of the series do contain references to the
Immigration and Naturalization Service, as well as to specific immigrant
issues such as the Haitian migration. Should any of these boxes be of
interest, you will need to file another FOIA request with NARA; each of
these entries is Restricted-Fully.

You may also wish to perform a keyword search on NARA's online catalog at
catalog.nara.gov. If your query yields responsive results, you may share
those details with archives2reference@nara.gov; we would be happy to review
those records on your behalf.

It is possible that responsive records are still in the custody of both the
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and the Department of Justice. We recommend
that you reach out to these agencies regarding potentially responsive
records concerning this legislation.

This concludes the processing of your request. If you are not satisfied
with our action on this request, your options for appeal and dispute
resolution are outlined in the attached enclosure.

Sincerely,
--
Haley J Maynard | archivist
Textual Reference Operations
National Archives at College Park, MD
301.837.0569