Jonathan E. Meyer Memo referenced in April 2022 Doyle Memo
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| Tracking # |
2022-HQFO-01130 |
| Submitted | May 25, 2022 |
| Due | June 23, 2022 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Matthew Hoppock
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Memorandum from Jonathan E. Meyer, General Counsel, DHS, "Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion in the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law" (Apr. 3, 2022) referenced in footnote 2 of the Kerry Doyle memo found here: https://www.ice.gov/doclib/about/offices/opla/OPLA-immigration-enforcement_guidanceApr2022.pdf
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,
Matthew Hoppock
From: Department of Homeland Security
Dear Matthew Hoppock,
Request Number 2022-HQFO-01130 has been assigned to the request you submitted. In all future correspondence regarding this request please reference request number 2022-HQFO-01130.
Regards,
Department of Homeland Security
From: Department of Homeland Security
Dear Matthew Hoppock,
The status of your HQ FOIA request #2022-HQFO-01130 has been updated to the following status 'Received'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
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Sincerely,
Department of Homeland Security
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Good Afternoon,
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Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 26, 2022. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2022-HQFO-01130.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 26, 2022. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2022-HQFO-01130.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 26, 2022. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2022-HQFO-01130.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 26, 2022. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2022-HQFO-01130.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 26, 2022. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2022-HQFO-01130.
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 May 26, 2022. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2022-HQFO-01130.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Homeland Security
Thank you for reaching out to us. We appreciate your interest in these records and understand that knowing when you might be able to receive a response to your request is helpful. At this time, our general expectation is that we will be able to send you a final response in the next six months.
Please understand that our office handles a very large volume of requests – in one month we respond to more requests on average than most Departments receive in a year. In addition to handling a large volume of requests, we are also responsible for processing a variety of particularly sensitive types of records. We have a responsibility to ensure that we carefully review all of the records we process to ensure that we provide maximum transparency while withholding any exempt material that could foreseeably cause harm to a protected interest. This is a labor-intensive task that involves working with offices to ensure that any potentially responsive materials are provided to us and then conducting a page-by-page and line-by-line review of all responsive records.
OCIO has provided us with potentially responsive records and your request has been added to our processing queue. It is very difficult to provide an accurate estimated date of completion until our FOIA analyst reviews these records for responsiveness and we have a better sense of the number of pages and the sensitivity of the material. The Privacy Office is also processing numerous FOIA Requests related to COVID-19; many of these requesters asked and qualified for expedited processing, meaning that they are required to be placed at the front of the queue. Again, our general expectation is that we will be able to send you a final response within six months. Please know that this estimate may change dramatically based on the volume of work associated with our expedited COVID-19 requests and on the types of records that OCIO has provided us for your request. Regardless of the specificity of your request, we cannot accurately estimate the amount of time it will take to process the records until we understand both the volume and sensitivity of the records.
While we make every effort to be responsive to requesters and hope to be able to respond to you sooner, there may be additional delays.
I hope that this response provides additional insight into why we are not able to give you a more precise estimated date of completion, and why we expect it will take six months for us to respond to your request.
While we are sure this is not the response you hoped for, we hope that this information is useful to you. Please let us know if you need any additional assistance.
Regards,
Privacy Office
Department of Homeland Security
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Mail Stop 0655
Washington, DC 20528-065
Phone: 202-343-1743 or 866-431-0486
Fax: 202-343-4011
E-mail: foia@hq.dhs.gov<mailto:foia@hq.dhs.gov>
Visit our FOIA website https://www.dhs.gov/foia
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