Request for Information Related to Longwood Gardens /and/ Danilo "Danelo" Souza Cavalcante (United States Customs and Border Protection)

Nik Hatziefstathiou
N/A
MuckRock News DEPT MR 159489
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, Massachusetts 02115

02/29/2024

CBP-FO-2024-067112

Dear Nik Hatziefstathiou:
This notice acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) received on 2/28/2024. Please use the following unique FOIA tracking number CBP-FO-2024-067112 to track the status of your request. If you have not already done so, you must create a SecureRelease account. This is the only method available to check the status of your pending FOIA request.

Provisions of the Act allow us to recover part of the cost of complying with your request. We shall charge you for records in accordance with the DHS FOIA regulations outlined on the DHS website, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/22/2016-28095/freedom-of-information-act-regulations. By submitting your request, you have agreed to pay up to $25.00 in applicable processing fees, if any fees associated with your request exceed this amount, CBP shall contact you.
Due to the increasing number of FOIA requests received by this office, we may encounter some delay in processing your request. Consistent with 6 C.F.R. Part 5 § 5.5(a) of the DHS FOIA regulations, CBP processes FOIA requests according to their order of receipt. Although CBP’s goal is to respond within 20 business days of receipt of your request, FOIA does permit a 10-day extension of this time period in certain circumstances pursuant to 6 C.F.R. Part 5 § 5.5(c). . We will make every effort to comply with your request in a timely manner.]

CBP’s FOIA Division is working hard to reduce the amount of time necessary to respond to FOIA requests. We truly appreciate your continued patience.
For additional information please consult CBP FOIA website please click on FOIA Act Resources or visit http://www.cbp.gov/site-policy-notices/foia.

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Sincerely,

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Nik Hatziefstathiou
N/A
MuckRock News DEPT MR 159489
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, Massachusetts 02115

03/18/2024

CBP-FO-2024-067112

Dear Nik Hatziefstathiou,

This is just a short note to inform you of the status of your request. Please see the bullet checked below for information regarding your request to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP):

[X] We are still conducting searches for records which may be responsive to your request.

[ ] The custodians most likely to hold your records have been identified and your request has been tasked for search. Once the volume of documents has been determined, we will reach out to better target your request so we may process it in the most efficient and expeditious manner possible.

[ ] Records responsive to your request have been identified and we are currently conducting our review. You will be notified when your records are ready for release.

[ ] We would like to update you that your request has moved to the next stage in processing and records are currently being reviewed by our component offices. We anticipate that the records will be ready for release shortly. You will be notified via email when your records are available for viewing.

Although CBP is working hard to reduce our backlog, if your request included a search for emails, please be advised that requests of this type are typically taking 12 to 24 months to process. Thank you for your patience while we continue to work on reducing our backlog.

If you wish to discuss your request in more detail, or at any time you wish to withdraw your request, please call our Public Liaison at 202-325-0150 and reference your request number.

Please note that this message has been sent from an unmonitored e-mail account. Any messages sent to this account will not be read.

Sincerely,

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Nik Hatziefstathiou
N/A
MuckRock News DEPT MR 159489
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, Massachusetts 02115

03/20/2024

CBP-FO-2024-067112

Dear Nik Hatziefstathiou,

This is a final response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requesting CBP maintained records. Specifically, you requested To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

AtNight Media, a subsidiary of One World Media Corp., under the broader umbrella of WorldNexus Corporation (collectively the “News Corporations”), at this moment submits a request for access to and copies of records concerning interactions between Longwood Gardens and your agency, specifically between August 31, 2023 and October 1, 2023.

Please see the attachment for details. The request does not pertain to an ongoing or previous criminal investigation but is of subject matter in the realm of public disclosure.

I. Request

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

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,

Nik Hatziefstathiou

Attachments:

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We conducted a comprehensive search of files within the CBP databases for records that would be responsive to your request. Unfortunately, we were unable to locate or identify any responsive records, based upon the information you provided in your request.

Note: CBP does not have complete records of apprehensions made by Border Patrol before 2000. Records of apprehensions made by Border Patrol before 2000 may be available in the A-File maintained by USCIS.

This completes the CBP response to your request. You may contact CBP's FOIA Public Liaison, Charlyse Hoskins, by sending an email via your SecureRelease account, mailing a letter to 90 K St, NE MS 1181, Washington DC, 20229 or by calling 202-325-0150. (If you need telecommunication relay service (TRS) assistance to communicate with the CBP FOIA Office and you are in the United States, please dial 711 to obtain TRS assistance and notify the Communications Assistant that you want to contact the CBP FOIA Office at the telephone number (202) 325-0150). The FOIA Public Liaison is able to assist in advising on the requirements for submitting a request, assist with narrowing the scope of a request, assist in reducing delays by advising the requester on the type of records to request, suggesting agency offices that may have responsive records and receive questions or concerns about the agency’s FOIA process. Please notate file number CBP-FO-2024-067112 on any future correspondence to CBP related to this request.

For your information, Congress excluded three discrete categories of law enforcement and national security records from the requirements of the FOIA. See 5 U.S.C. 552(c). This response is limited to those records that are subject to the requirements of the FOIA. This is a standard notification that is given to all our requesters and should not be taken as an indication that excluded records do, or do not, exist.

If you are not satisfied with the response to this request, you have a right to appeal the final disposition. Should you wish to do so, you must file your appeal within 90 days of the date of this letter following the procedures outlined in the DHS regulations at Title 6 C.F.R. §5.8. Please include as much information as possible to help us understand the grounds for your appeal. You should submit your appeal via SecureRelease. If you do not have computer access, you may send your appeal and a copy of this letter to: FOIA Appeals, Policy and Litigation Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 90 K Street, NE, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229-1177. Your envelope and letter should be marked "FOIA Appeal." Copies of the FOIA and DHS regulations are available at www.dhs.gov/foia. Additional information can be found at the following link https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2019-Dec/definitions-exemptions-foia_0.pdf.

Additionally, you have a 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.

Please note that this message has been sent from an unmonitored e-mail account. Any messages sent to this account will not be read.

Sincerely,

U.S. Customs and Border Protection