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About Jessica Alba’s Vital Records - #Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W - #HIPAA

In response to a records request submitted about Jessica Alba May 2023 interview on MSNBC as well as the University of California (UC) interpretation of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) have refused to confirm or deny whether [1] Jessica Alba (personally or through her legal representatives) ever initiated contact with them for the purpose of obtaining her vital records; [2] discussions took place between the CDPH and Jessica Alba on the subject of systemic racism and sexism and how that impacts public health...

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About Jessica Alba’s Vital Records - #Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W - #HIPAA

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  1. STATE OF CALIFORNIA | Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency GAVIN NEWSOM, GOVERNOR KEVIN KISH, DIRECTOR Civil Rights Department 2218 Kausen Drive, Suite 100 | Elk Grove | CA | 95758 800-884-1684 (voice) | 800-700-2320 (TTY) | California’s Relay Service at 711 calcivilrights.ca.gov | contact.center@calcivilrights.ca.gov Via Email: waacl13@gmail.com August 11, 2023 Michael Ayele PO Box 20438 Addis Ababa, RE: CERTIFICATION OF RECORDS RELEASE PRA Request No.: 202308-04728002 This letter is in response to your request for public records under the California Public Records Act (PRA). (Gov. Code § 7920.000 et seq.) The Civil Rights Department (CRD) has processed your request for public records. Your request was for the following: 1. Have you had conversations about the UC interpretation of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)? If yes, will you promptly disclose those records? 2. Has your local/state/federal government ever held discussions on the subject of the 1986 IRCA without making explicit mention of the September 07th 2022 report published by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)? If yes, will you promptly disclose those records? 3. Has your local/state government ever had conversations about the UC as an integral part of California’s state government? If yes, will you promptly disclose those records? 4. Were applications of employment ever submitted to your local/state government by qualified immigrants who were never issued a DOS visa and/or a DHS Employment Authorization Document (EAD) after your Human Resource (H.R) Department announced the opening of a vacant job position? If yes, will you promptly disclose those records? 5. Have you had conversations about the racism and sexism Jessica Alba has had to bear witness to and/or experience in person? If yes, will you disclose those records? 6. Have you had conversations about the decision of Jessica Alba to criticize the U.S government for failing to provide responsible oversight for the purpose of protecting human health? If yes, will you disclose those records? 7. Does your local/state/federal government have a definition in use for what constitutes a “precedent?” If yes, will you promptly disclose those records? 8) Have you ever had conversations about any of the many hundreds of treaties concluded between the Indian Nations and the U.S government? If yes, will you disclose those records? 9) Has your local/state/federal CRD-PRA 315 (Revised 06/23)

  2. Public Records Request Response August 10, 2023 Page 2 of 2 government ever made a public commitment not to be in breach of a binding written contractual agreement? If yes, will you promptly disclose those records? Requesting No. 1. after conducting a reasonable search of the files and computer records maintained by CRD, CRD has determined that the accompanying records are responsive to your request No. 1. Please note, the records have been redacted pursuant to Government Code 7922.000 (public interest against disclosure clearly outweighs any interest in disclosure). Regarding Nos. 2-7, after conducting a reasonable search of the files and computer records maintained by CRD, CRD found no records responsive to your requests. As required by Government Code section 7922.540, the persons responsible for the decision are myself, and the Assistant Deputy Director of Quality Assurance and Reporting, Brenda Valle-Balderrama. Sincerely, Karina Amezcua Karina Amezcua Staff Services Manager I - PRA Section Supervisor Designee of Custodian of Records karina.amezcua@calcivilrights.ca.gov CRD-PRA 315 (Revised 06/23)

  3. From: To: Subject: Date: Attachments: Kish, Kevin@CalCivilRights arulanantham@law.ucla.edu quick conversation Wednesday, October 19, 2022 10:20:00 AM image001.png image002.png image003.png image004.png image005.png Hi Ahilan! I’m hoping you or one of your colleagues has time to brief me on some implications of the research/policy recommendation announced today. My work cell is Kevin Kish | Director California Civil Rights Department | www.calcivilrights.ca.gov (Formerly Department of Fair Employment and Housing) Phone: (916) 478-7248 He/Him/His .

  4. REQUEST FOR RECORDS 07/31/2023 W (AACL) Michael A. Ayele P.O.Box 20438 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia E-mail : waacl13@gmail.com ; waacl1313@gmail.com ; waacl42913@gmail.com Request for Records Hello, This is Michael A. Ayele sending this message though I now go by W. You may call me W. I am writing this letter for the purpose of filing a request for records with your office.i The bases for this records request are [1] the May 18th 2023 decision of the University of California to hire “students who lack legal status and work permits;”ii[2] the May 16th 2023 statements made by Jessica Alba on the subject of systemic racism and sexism.iii I) Records Requested What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing your discussions about [1] the formal/informal ties that exist between your office, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the University of California; [2] the University of California (UC) as a post-secondary academic institution, which has (i) on September 07th 2022 published through its Los Angeles (UCLA) campus a proposal in favor of hiring “undocumented students for positions within UC even if they lack employment authorization under federal immigration law;” (ii) provided persuasive arguments that they should not be bound by the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), in particular 8 U.S.C Section 1324a because they are not specifically mentioned;iv (iii) on May 18th 2023 agreed to find a pathway to hire students who lack legal status and work permits; [3] the decision of Congress not to explicitly mention your local/state government at the time they enacted the 1986 IRCA with the blessing and approval of the Ronald Reagan / George Bush White House Administration; [4] the applications of employment submitted (to your local/state government) by qualified American immigrants who were never issued a Department of State (DOS) visa and/or a DHS Employment Authorization Document (EAD) after your Human Resources (HR) department announced the opening of a vacant job position; [5] Jessica Alba as a woman, who (i) was born April 28th 1981 in Pomona, California;v (ii) believes that she has had a tough childhood in part because of the systemic racism that her ancestors of Mexican national origin have gone through; (iii) believes that there’s systemic sexism embedded throughout U.S society; (iv) says that she’s previously been called “delusional;” (v) believes that the U.S government has not provided “enough oversight to make sure that people has a robust safety standard, which didn’t poison them;” [6] Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black man, who (i) came to the U.S.A on an F-1 visa in December 2009 for the purpose of obtaining a Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Degree from Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri); (ii) was previously issued by the DHS an EAD; (iii) has in Calendar Year 2014 initiated contact with the DHS on the subject of his employment history with the Missouri Department of Mental Health (MODMH) Fulton State Hospital (FSH) after they had issued him an EAD; (iv) has in good-faith informed the DHS in July 2016 that he would be leaving the territory of the U.S.A; (v) has in good-faith informed the DHS in Calendar Year 2017 that he had Date. : July 31st 2023 MICHAEL A. AYELE (A.K.A) W - ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL LIBERTIES (AACL) 1

  5. REQUEST FOR RECORDS 07/31/2023 obtained a B.A Degree from Westminster College; (vi) has in the past had his FOIA request with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) processed in the “simple” track when it pertained to DHS matters; (vii) expects the EEOC to break the precedent they have set for themselves (in FOIA Request Case No.: 280 – 2020 – 000469) by assigning his future FOIA requests on DHS related matters to the “complex” track and afterwards labelling them “unreasonable;” (viii) has previously visited the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI); [7] the NMAI as a diverse and multifaceted cultural and educational enterprise, which (i) defines the term “treaty” as a “solemn agreement between sovereign nations;” (ii) has on its website and their museums displayed the treaties that the U.S government signed with the Indian Nations only to afterwards break them; (iii) has on its website and their museums displayed the treaties the Indian Nations were coerced to sign with the U.S government.vi II) Request for a Fee Waiver and Expedited Processing The requested records do/will demonstrate that [1] Jessica Alba is a woman, who (i) was born April 28th 1981 in Pomona, California;vii (ii) believes that she has had a tough childhood (in part) because of the systemic racism that her ancestors of Mexican national origin have gone through; (iii) believes that there’s systemic sexism embedded throughout U.S society; (iv) says that she’s previously been called “delusional;” (v) believes that the U.S government has not provided “enough oversight to make sure that people had a robust safety standard, which didn’t poison them;” [2] Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W is a Black man, who (i) came to the U.S.A on an F-1 visa in December 2009 for the purpose of obtaining a Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Degree from Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri); (ii) was previously issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) an Employment Authorization Document (EAD); (iii) has in Calendar Year 2014 initiated contact with the DHS on the subject of his employment history with the Missouri Department of Mental Health (MODMH) Fulton State Hospital (FSH) after they had issued him an EAD; (iv) has in good-faith informed the DHS in July 2016 that he would be leaving the territory of the U.S.A; (v) has in good-faith informed the DHS in Calendar Year 2017 that he had obtained a B.A Degree from Westminster College; (vi) has in the past had his FOIA request with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) processed in the “simple” track when it pertained to DHS matters; (vii) expects the EEOC to break the precedent they have set for themselves (in FOIA Request Case No.: 280 – 2020 – 000469) by assigning his future FOIA requests on DHS related matters to the “complex” track and afterwards labelling them “unreasonable;” (viii) has decided not to engage with the EEOC if they ever in the future process FOIA requests related to DHS matters in the “complex track;” (ix) was persuaded by the arguments made by the University of California (UC) on September 07th 2022 in part because of statements made by U.S Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett in the month of June 2023; [3] U.S Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is a Caucasian woman, who was recently subject of extensive media coverage (in part) for saying that: “Substantive canons are rules of construction that advance values external to a statute. (…) Some substantive canons, like the rule of lenity, play the modest role of breaking a tie between equally plausible interpretations of a statute. (…) Others are more aggressive – think of them as strong form of substantive canons. Unlike a tie breaking rule, a strong form canon counsels a court to strain statutory text to MICHAEL A. AYELE (A.K.A) W - ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL LIBERTIES (AACL) 2

  6. REQUEST FOR RECORDS 07/31/2023 advance a particular value. (…) There are many such canons on the books, including constitutional avoidance, the clear-statements federalism rules, and the presumption against retroactivity. Such rules effectively impose a ‘clarity tax’ on Congress by demanding that it speak unequivocally if it wants to accomplish certain ends;” viii[4] Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W is a Black man, who (i) agreed with the legal arguments made by the UC on September 07th 2022 because Congress has not spoken clearly when enacting the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), in particular 8 U.S.C Section 1324a; (ii) believes that the UC should not be bound by the IRCA, in particular 8 U.S.C Section 1324a because they are not specifically mentioned; (iii) would strongly advise members of Congress not to enact in the future a retroactive law that specifically mentions the UC and/or other colleges/universities and/or other local/state governments in the U.S.A for the purpose of prohibiting undocumented students employment on campus and/or elsewhere in local/state government. In my judgment the facts presented in my request for a fee waiver and expedited processing are not the sort to bolster public confidence in the activities/the engagements/the priorities of the U.S government overall, but more particularly in those of the EEOC, a federal agency of the U.S government that has recently grown very fond with processing Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W FOIA requests in the “complex” track and afterwards labelling them as “unreasonable” even though it didn’t do so before. Indeed, I regret to inform you that the EEOC have in the last couple of years expressed a strong desire to engage with Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W in telephonic/email conversations on various issues, where they have had their mind made up before inviting him to engage with them. For obvious reasons, Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W has declined to engage the EEOC in conversations, where they have had their minds made up (in part) because he has seen this behavior pattern and this attitude of theirs during the processing of the Charge of Employment Discrimination that had been assigned Case No.: 28E – 2014 – 00485C (and he had made the mistake of actually engaging with them in good-faith). The Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL) does find it to be extremely odd that the EEOC have still not addressed in writing the reasons for their decision to issue a press release, which specifically (and by the looks of it, intentionally) omitted the United States Women National Soccer Team (USWNT) involvement in the establishment of the White House Gender Policy Council. It is the judgment of the AACL that the EEOC have on countless past occasions displayed recklessly irresponsible decision-making abilities when processing charges of discriminations as well as FOIA requests. The AACL is very much vexed by the persistent efforts of the EEOC to waste Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W time on lost causes (particularly after their processing of the Charge of Employment Discrimination that had been assigned Case No.: 28E – 2014 – 00485C). As a Black man with a U.S college degree, who has previously filed a charge of discrimination pursuant to the provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, I would like to take this opportunity to [1] condemn discrimination on the bases of gender, racial background, sexual orientation, national origin, religious affiliation and disability status; [2] condemn the racism and sexism Jessica Alba has had to bear witness to and/or experience in person; [3] condemn the MICHAEL A. AYELE (A.K.A) W - ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL LIBERTIES (AACL) 3

  7. REQUEST FOR RECORDS 07/31/2023 EEOC processing of the charge of discrimination they had previously assigned Case No.: 28E – 2014 – 00485C; [4] condemn the EEOC coordinated efforts to avoid accountability by shifting responsibility and blame onto Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W. The core issues presented in this records request are as follows. 1) Have you had conversations about the UC interpretation of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)? If yes, will you promptly disclose those records? 2) Has your local/state/federal government ever held discussions on the subject of the 1986 IRCA without making explicit mention of the September 07th 2022 report published by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)? If yes, will you promptly disclose those records? 3) Has your local/state government ever had conversations about the UC as an integral part of California’s state government? If yes, will you promptly disclose those records? 4) Were applications of employment ever submitted to your local/state government by qualified immigrants who were never issued a DOS visa and/or a DHS Employment Authorization Document (EAD) after your Human Resource (H.R) Department announced the opening of a vacant job position? If yes, will you promptly disclose those records? 5) Have you had conversations about the racism and sexism Jessica Alba has had to bear witness to and/or experience in person? If yes, will you disclose those records? 6) Have you had conversations about the decision of Jessica Alba to criticize the U.S government for failing to provide responsible oversight for the purpose of protecting human health? If yes, will you disclose those records? 7) Does your local/state/federal government have a definition in use for what constitutes a “precedent?” If yes, will you promptly disclose those records? 8) Have you ever had conversations about any of the many hundreds of treaties concluded between the Indian Nations and the U.S government? If yes, will you disclose those records? 9) Has your local/state/federal government ever made a public commitment not to be in breach of a binding written contractual agreement? If yes, will you promptly disclose those records? This records request should be expedited because it puts into question the government’s integrity about the way that people are treated in the U.S.A on account of their gender, their racial backgrounds, their national origins and their disability status. My request for a fee waiver should be granted because [1] I have identified operations and activities of the federal government in concert with U.S local/state government; [2] the issues presented are meaningfully informative about government operations or activities in order to be ‘likely to contribute’ to and increase public understanding of those operations or activities; [3] this records request is being filed for non-commercial purposes and any records you disclose to me could be made available to the general public at no financial expense to them. Under penalty of perjury, I hereby declare all the statements I have made to be true and accurate. Be well. Take care. Keep yourselves at arms distance. W (AACL) Michael A. Ayele Anti-Racist Human Rights Activist Audio-Visual Media Analyst MICHAEL A. AYELE (A.K.A) W - ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL LIBERTIES (AACL) 4

  8. REQUEST FOR RECORDS 07/31/2023 Anti-Propaganda Journalist MICHAEL A. AYELE (A.K.A) W - ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL LIBERTIES (AACL) 5

  9. REQUEST FOR RECORDS 07/31/2023 Work Cited i Please be advised that I have previously disseminated a vast number of documents obtained through records request using the means of various digital publishing platforms. As a representative of the media, I would like to take this opportunity to inform you that the records you disclose to me could be made available to the general public at no financial expense to them. This records request is being filed for non-commercial purposes. As previously noted, any records disclosed to me could be made available to the general public at no financial expense to them. On December 10th 2021, I have launched a website on Wordpress.com for the purpose of making the records previously disclosed to me by the U.S government further accessible to members of the general public interested in the activities of their elected and non-elected representatives. You can find out more about the recent publications of the Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL) here.: https://michaelayeleaacl.wordpress.com/ iiThe University of California regents, saying they support an equitable education for all, unanimously agreed Thursday to find a pathway to enact a (…) policy to hire students who lack legal status and work permits. The groundbreaking move would reshape the lives of thousands of young people who were brought to the country without papers as children and have lived precariously without legal access to jobs, research positions and career opportunities. California is home to about 1 in 5 of the nation’s college students without legal authorization. The public university system has been under pressure to challenge a 1986 federal law barring the hiring of immigrants without legal status by asserting that it does not apply to states. A novel theory developed by UCLA law scholars argues that the federal law does not specifically include states — or UC, as a state entity — in its language establishing employer sanctions and therefore does not apply to them. The regents voted to form a working group to examine that legal issue, along with practical considerations about how to roll out a policy that is already igniting controversy. But they made clear they are committed to their immigrant students and said the working group would complete its proposed plan by November. “Absolutely, it is our intention to find a way to allow employment opportunities for all our students, regardless of their immigration status,” said Regent John A. Pérez, one of the key leaders in the effort to push a new policy forward. But he added the university needs time to work through the complex issue. “This is too important to get wrong,” he said. UC President Michael V. Drake and Board of Regents Chair Rich Leib also affirmed UC’s MICHAEL A. AYELE (A.K.A) W - ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL LIBERTIES (AACL) 6

  10. REQUEST FOR RECORDS 07/31/2023 commitment to equity. “The University is committed to ensuring that all students, regardless of their immigration status, can pursue and attain a world-class UC education. This should include providing enriching student employment opportunities to all students,” they said in a joint statement. Students without legal status, along with their allies who have been collectively pushing for the right to work, said they were thrilled. “This is a historic win for the immigrant rights movement that UC has agreed that undocumented students should have equal access, that we should have a seat at the table,” said Karely Amaya, a UCLA graduate student in public policy who was brought to the United States illegally from Mexico at age 2. She lost out on a campus job that would have given her financial stability and research opportunities because of her status. The high-stakes decision evolved over the last few days, as advocates for immigrant students listened to concerns of uncertain regents and tried to bring them around. Some questioned whether hiring students without work authorization would imperil their safety and any future ability to legalize their status. Students, however, say it should be their decision to weigh those risks. UC officials have also weighed the potential for litigation against the university, public backlash and possible legal exposure to faculty and staff who would hire the students. Leib said regents need to make sure they consider the effect on all university members, including campus leaders who will need to implement any new policy. Critics have warned of ramifications if UC moved forward with hiring those without legal status. “If officials at the University of California were to knowingly hire aliens not authorized to work under federal law, they would be opening themselves up to both civil and, potentially, criminal penalties,” said George Fishman, a senior legal fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Bonsall) wrote to Gov. Gavin Newsom this week asserting that federal law preempts state or local immigration actions and implied that UC would lose its federal funding by adopting the “legally unsound and sweeping policy.” Regent Jose Hernandez, the son of Mexican migrant workers who became a NASA engineer and astronaut and now heads an aerospace firm, said he had been prepared to vote to authorize the hiring despite the risks, but supported the working group. “It’s these tough decisions where one has to stand up and do the right thing,” he said. “We need to give every student the same educational opportunity. And right now we have a two-class system where our undocumented students aren’t allowed to partake in gaining that experience that’s going to be useful for their careers.” The plight of students without legal status has intensified since 2017, when the Trump MICHAEL A. AYELE (A.K.A) W - ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL LIBERTIES (AACL) 7

  11. REQUEST FOR RECORDS 07/31/2023 administration ended an Obama-era program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — or DACA — which granted work permits and protection from deportation to certain youths who were brought to the United States as children. A court ruling subsequently limited the government to granting DACA renewals — not accepting new applications — which has shut out a new generation of recipients. In 2023, an estimated 100,000 immigrant youths graduated from high school without legal status or DACA benefits — including about 27,000 in California. About 44,000 students without DACA attend California colleges, which means many are prohibited from entering the labor market. About 4,000 of them attend UC. At a rally Wednesday at UCLA, where the regents met this week, students without legal papers came from all nine UC undergraduate campuses to share their stories. Yamir Aleman, a UC Irvine fourth-year student studying psychological science, said he was brought to the United States from Mexico at age 10 in 2010 — missing the window of eligibility for DACA status by three years. Aleman managed to land a paid fellowship at the UC Irvine Dream Center, which supports those affected by immigration policy, but he worries and wonders about his future. “There’s been a lot of insecurity and instability,” he said. “Undocumented students give their best, but a lot of times we feel overlooked and overshadowed.” The ban on hiring noncitizens without work authorization stems from the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. The landmark law, signed by President Reagan, granted residency to about 3 million people in the country illegally and outlawed the hiring of workers without papers. But scholars at the Center for Immigration Law Policy at the UCLA School of Law last year crafted a new legal analysisarguing that the federal law did not apply to states because it doesn’t mention them. A memo signed by 29 immigration and constitutional scholars argued that before the 1986 law, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that if Congress wanted to change the balance between federal and state power by regulating an area under traditional state control, it must do so with unmistakably clear language. Fishman, however argued hat Congress established the employer sanctions to weaken the job magnet luring migrants to the United States without papers and did not feel a need to “state the obvious” that states acting as employers would be subject to the law. For Student Regent Marlenee Blas Pedral, the issue has been deeply personal. Blas Pedral, who graduated from UC Berkeley law school this week, said she empathizes with students because she was born in Mexico, was brought to the United States without papers and was able to legalize her status — allowing her to take full advantage of the opportunities here. MICHAEL A. AYELE (A.K.A) W - ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL LIBERTIES (AACL) 8

  12. REQUEST FOR RECORDS 07/31/2023 “This issue is near and dear to my heart,” shesaid. “At the end of the day, I have benefited so much from my UC education, both as an undergraduate and now as a law student, and I want students to be afforded that same opportunity.” UC Regents take groundbreaking step toward hiring immigrant students without legal status. Los Angeles Times.: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-18/uc-students-legal-status-work-permits- daca#:~:text=A%20novel%20theory%20developed%20by%20UCLA%20law%20scholars,sancti ons%20and%20therefore%20does%20not%20apply%20to%20them. iii“I was born different. (…) When you’re a child (…) coming from a Mexican-American family (…) it was all about assimilation. That was the way they got to survive the segregation and racism they grew up with. My great grandparents, my grandparents and even my dad, until he was five was living in a segregated and racially divided California. (…) With that history and that type of oppression, they had to survive through assimilating. (…) What success looked like was keep your head down and work hard. (…) I thinkthere’s a fear underneath it all that if you stand out, it could be dangerous. (…) There was a time when they would round up Mexicans and ship them to Mexico even though these kids were born here and raised here and very much American. (…) There are a lot of disturbing dark truth about our country and how they treated people, who they didn’t believe fit the stereotype of what it means to be American, which is sort of like the white America the conquistadors created. (…) Meanwhile, there were a lot of indigenous people here before the Conquistadors got here. (…) I was always like: why not ask for more? Why not dream big? (…) I was a really eccentric soul inside my family dynamic and I didn’t really feel like I fit in with them. (…) I was one of the first people to leverage social media to take control of the narrative from the media. I always felt like the media had control of my narrative and social media was for me the way I could finally be empowered. (…) Sometimes, you’re going to have to go to work and not be super stoked about everything that’s happening that day and you just have to find your own peace and happiness with yourself and find the goodness in that. I grew up in a time where nothing was easy and nothing was good and nothing was awesome and everything was a battle and everything was hard and everything was brutal. The hours were intense. I didn’t sleep at all in my teens and twenties. (…) I think I grew up with an unnatural amount of pressure and resistance. (…) I don’t think you know how daunting something is until you’ve done it. (…) I definitely had people tell me that I was “delusional” and that it wasn’t going to happen. It blew me off even though I had already accepted that. It became the fuel to my fire to prove them wrong. (…) There’s something really satisfying when you accomplish something that you knew was always the truth. (…) I’ve always been on a journey of evolution. (…) It makes people uncomfortable to challenge the status quo. (…) I think people thought that the government had some sort of oversight to make sure that people weren’t being poisoned, but there really isn’t nor has there been historically a robust safety standard that protects human health. (…) When people tell me something is impossible, I know that it’s not. (…) The one thing I wish people would understand about sexism is how pervasive it is. Jessica Alba Interview on MSNBC.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b- w740eomMo&ab_channel=MSNBC MICHAEL A. AYELE (A.K.A) W - ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL LIBERTIES (AACL) 9

  13. REQUEST FOR RECORDS 07/31/2023 ivThis memo assesses whether the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (“IRCA”) prohibits States from hiring unauthorized individuals. IRCA’s prohibition likely does not bind State government entities. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held in various contexts that Congress may not regulate State governments absent clear language to that effect. Under that clear statement rule, IRCA’s failure to mention States indicates their government are not bound. Even apart from the clear statement requirement, under traditional principles of statutory construction, IRCA’s failure to mention States while specifically mentioning Federal entities along with various other textual signals, suggests the statute likely does not bind State governments. (…) This memo proceeds in four parts. First, it applies traditional rules of statutory construction to analyze whether IRCA binds States, focusing on (i) the textual evidence in the relevant provisions of IRCA itself; (ii) how the language of those provisions compares to comparable language in other statutes that either has or has not been read to bind States; and (iii) the evidence to be drawn from other sections of IRCA that bears on whether IRCA binds States. It concludes that, on balance, the evidence probably favors a finding that IRCA does not bind States, even when applying normal principles of statutory construction absent any clear statement rules. Second, it explains why Congress likely had to speak clearly to bind States in IRCA, and then why IRCA does not contain the requisite clear statement. Third, the memo looks forward to consider whether the University of California would be considered part of the State and thus not bound by IRCA. The answer is yes. The University of California is an arm of the State of California, as the federal courts, including the U.S Supreme Court, have long recognized. Finally, the memo examines other laws relevant to hiring and concludes that they do not restrain California from hiring undocumented people. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for Immigration Law and Policy.: https://law.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/PDFs/Center_for_Immigration_Law_and_Policy/Opportun ity_for_All_Campaign_Law_Scholar_Sign-On_Letter.pdf v Jessica Alba on IMDB.: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004695/bio/ viTreaties – solemn agreements between sovereign nations – lie at the heart of relationship between Indian Nations and the United States. Native Nations made treaties with one another long before Europeans came to the Western Hemisphere. The United States began making treaties with Native Peoples because they were independent nations. Often broken, sometimes coerced, treaties still define mutual obligations between the United States and Indian Nations. Nation to Nation. Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations.: https://americanindian.si.edu/nationtonation/ MICHAEL A. AYELE (A.K.A) W - ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL LIBERTIES (AACL) 10

  14. REQUEST FOR RECORDS 07/31/2023 vii Jessica Alba on IMDB.: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004695/bio/ viii Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States et al., Petitioners v Nebraska et al. Supreme Court of the United States of America (U.S.A).: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/22-506_nmip.pdf MICHAEL A. AYELE (A.K.A) W - ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL LIBERTIES (AACL) 11

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  16. 131 M St, N.E., Fifth Floor Washington, D. C. 20507 Toll Free: (877) 869-1802 TTY (202) 663-7026 FAX (202) 653-6056 Website: www.eeoc.gov U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION Office of Legal Counsel June 04, 2020 Via: waacl13@gmail.com Mr. Michael Ayele Association For The Advancement of Civil Liberties P.O.Box 20438 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Re: FOIA No.: 820-2020-000452 Dear Mr. Ayele: Your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, received by the Office of Legal Counsel on June 04, 2020, is assigned to the [ X ] Simple [ ] Complex [ ] Expedited track with the above FOIA number. It will be processed by Joanne Murray who can be reached at (202) 663-4500. [ X ] EEOC will make every effort to issue a determination on your request on or before July 02, 2020. FOIA and EEOC regulations provide 20 working days to issue a determination on a request, not including Saturdays, Sundays and federal holidays. In unusual circumstances, EEOC may extend the 20 working days by 10 additional working days or stop processing your request until you respond to our request for fee or clarifying information. Should EEOC take an extension or stop processing your request, notice will be issued prior to the expiration of the 20 working days. [ ] EEOC will make every effort to issue a determination on your request on or before July 02, 2020. FOIAand EEOC regulations, at 29 C.F.R. § 1610.9(d), provide 20 working days to issue a determination on a request, notincluding Saturdays, Sundays and federal holidays. As provided in 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(B) (2016), due to unusual circumstances we hereby provide you with the required writtennotice that we are extending by ten (10) working days the time in which we shall respond based upon: [ ] the need to search for and collect the requested records, if any exist, from field offices or other establishments that are separate from this office; [ ] the need to search for, collect, and appropriately examine a voluminous amount of separate and distinct records which are demanded in a single request; or [ ] the need for consultation with another agency, or two or more components of this agency, having a substantial interest in the determination of the request. [ ] Your “unperfected” request under the FOIA was received on June 04, 2020. The request will not be processed until it is perfected by the submission to this office a copy of a “Filed” marked court Complaint on the above charge. 29 C.F.R. §§ 1610.5(b)(3) and 1610.17(h). Failure to submit a copy of the “Filed” marked Complaint within 30 days of your receipt of this letter may result in the administrative closure of your request. Upon receipt of the “Filed” marked Complaint, your request will be perfected and processing will begin. At that time, EEOC will issue a letter acknowledging receipt of your perfected FOIA request, providing the name of the person who will be processing your request, and the date by which you may expect to receive a response from me.

  17. [ ] Your request for expedited processing is not a proper request. If a “compelling need” exists for the records you request, please promptly submit a statement, certified to be true and correct to the best of your knowledge and belief, describing the reasons processing of your request should be expedited. You may also submit your certified statement by mail to our office address in the letterhead above. Upon receipt of your certified statement, EEOC will adjudicate your request and notify you of the decision within ten (10) calendar days. You may contact the FOIA Requester Service Center for status updates on your FOIA request or for FOIA information toll free at (877) 869-1802, or our non-toll free number 202-663-4634, or by e-mail to FOIA@eeoc.gov, or by facsimile to (202) 653-6056, or by mail to our office address in the letterhead above. Additionally, if your request was filed online through the FOIAXpress Public Access Link (PAL), you may monitor its status at https://publicportalfoiapal.eeoc.gov. You may also contact the EEOC FOIA Public Liaison, Stephanie D. Garner, for assistance. Sincerely, Joy Shealey/for ______________________________________ Stephanie D. Garner Assistant Legal Counsel FOIA@eeoc.gov

  18. 131 M St, N.E., Fifth Floor Washington, D. C. 20507 Toll Free: (877) 869-1802 TTY (202) 663-7026 FAX (202) 653-6056 Website: www.eeoc.gov U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION Office of Legal Counsel June 29, 2020 Via: waacl13@gmail.com Mr. Michael Ayele Association For The Advancement of Civil Liberties P.O.Box 20438 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Re: FOIA No.: 820-2020-000469 (communications between EEOC and DHS) Dear Mr. Ayele: This letter is in response to your request or appeal under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), received by our office on June 04, 2020. As provided in U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(B) (2007), we hereby provide you with the required written notice that we are extending by ten (10) working days the time in which we shall respond. Such extension is necessary because of the following “unusual circumstances”: [ X ] (i) the need to search for and collect the requested records, if any exist, from field offices or other establishments that are separate from this office; [ ] (ii) the need to search for, collect, and appropriately examine a voluminous amount of separate and distinct records which are demanded in a single request; [ ] (iii) the need for consultation with another agency, or two or more components of this agency, having a substantial interest in the determination of the request. [ ] If you have any questions or wish to discuss reformulation or an alternative time frame for the processing of your request, you may contact the FOIA Professional handling your request: [NAME at TELEPHONE]. Additionally, you may contact the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) at the National Archives and Records Administration to inquire about the FOIA mediation services they offer. The contact information for OGIS is as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001; email at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at (202) 741-5770; toll free 1-877-684- 6448; or facsimile at (202) 741-5769. We will make every effort to respond to your request by July 17, 2020. Sincerely, Joanne Murray /s/ for ______________________________________ Stephanie D. Garner Assistant Legal Counsel FOIA Division Public Liaison Line: (202) 663-4634 Email: FOIA@eeoc.gov

  19. 131 M St, N. E., Fifth Floor Washington, D. C. 20507 Toll Free: (877)-869-1802 TTY (202) 663-7026 FAX (202) 653-6056 Website: www.eeoc.gov U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION Office of Legal Counsel September 18, 2020 VIA: waacl13@gmail.com Mr. Michael Ayele Association For The Advancement of Civil Liberties P.O.Box 20438 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Re: FOIA No.: 820-2020-000469 (Information with regards to DHS) Dear Mr. Ayele: Your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, received on June 04, 2020, is processed. Our search began on June 08, 2020. The initial due date was extended by 10-business days per our correspondence to dated June 29, 2020. All agency records in creation as of June 08, 2020 are within the scope of EEOC’s search for responsive records. The paragraph(s) checked below apply. [ X ] Your request is granted in part and denied in part. Portions not released are withheld pursuant to the subsections of the FOIA indicated at the end of this letter. An attachment to this letter explains the use of these exemptions in more detail. [ X ] The disclosed records, 52 pages in total, are available, via EEOC’s Public Access Link (PAL). See the following link: https://publicportalfoiapal.eeoc.gov/. No fee is charged because the cost of collecting and processing the chargeable fee equals or exceeds the amount of the fee. 29 C.F.R. § 1610.15(d). [ X ] I trust that the furnished information fully satisfies your request. If you need any further assistance or would like to discuss any aspect of your request please do not hesitate to contact the FOIA Professional who processed your request or our FOIA Public Liaison (see contact information in above letterhead or under signature line). [ X ] You may contact the EEOC FOIA Public Liaison, Stephanie D. Garner, for further assistance or to discuss any aspect of your request. In addition, you may contact the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) to inquire about the FOIA mediation services they offer. The contact information for OGIS is as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road- OGIS, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001, email at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at (202) 741-5770; toll free 1-877-684-6448; or facsimile at (202)741-5769. The contact information for the FOIA Public Liaison: (see contact information in the above letterhead or under signature line).

  20. Re: FOIA No.: 820-2020-000469 (Ayele, Michael a/k/a W.) [ X ] If you are not satisfied with the response to this request, you may administratively appeal in writing. Your appeal must be postmarked or electronically transmitted in 90 days from receipt of this letter to the Office of Legal Counsel, FOIA Division, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street, NE, 5NW02E, Washington, D.C. 20507, or by fax to (202) 653-6056, or by email to FOIA@eeoc.gov, or online at the following public access link (PAL): https://publicportalfoiapal.eeoc.gov/palMain.aspx. Your appeal will be governed by 29 C.F.R. § 1610.11. [ X ] See the attached Comments page for further information. Sincerely, /s/Sdgarner ________________________________ Stephanie D. Garner Assistant Legal Counsel FOIA Division Phone: (202) 663-4634 FOIA@eeoc.gov Applicable Sections of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b): Exemption(s) Used: [ X ] (7)(C) [ X ] Other For a full description of the exemption codes used please find them at the following URL: https://publicportalfoiapal.eeoc.gov/palMain.aspx

  21. Re: FOIA No.: 820-2020-000469 (Ayele, Michael a/k/a W.) Exemption (b)(7)(C) to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(C) (2016), as amended by the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016, Pub. L. No. 114-185, 130 Stat. 538, authorizes the Commission to withhold: records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such law enforcement records or information . . . (C) could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy . . . . The seventh exemption applies to civil and criminal investigations conducted by regulatory agencies. Abraham & Rose, P.L.C. v. United States, 138 F.3d 1075, 1083 (6th Cir. 1998). Release of statements and identities of witnesses and subjects of an investigation creates the potential for witness intimidation that could deter their cooperation. National Labor Relations Board v. Robbins Tire and Rubber Co., 437 U.S. 214, 239 (1978); Manna v. United States Dep’t. of Justice, 51 F.3d 1158,1164 (3d Cir. 1995). Disclosure of identities of employee-witnesses could cause "problems at their jobs and with their livelihoods." L&C Marine Transport, Ltd. v. United States, 740 F.2d 919, 923 (11th Cir. 1984). The Supreme Court has explained that only "[o]fficial information that sheds light on an agency's performance of its statutory duties" merits disclosure under FOIA, and noted that "disclosure of information about private citizens that is accumulated in various governmental files" would "reveal little or nothing about an agency's own conduct." United States Dep't of Justice v. Reporters Comm. for Freedom of the Press, 489 U.S. 749, 773 (1989). For the purposes of determining what constitutes an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy under exemption (b)(7)(C), the term “personal privacy” only encompasses individuals, and does not extend to the privacy interests of corporations. FCC v. AT&T Inc., 131 S.Ct. 1177, 1178 (2011). DOCUMENTS WITHHELD PURSUANT TO EXEMPTION (b)(7)(C): Access to complaints filed by federal employees, against any department of DHS, is denied

  22. Re: FOIA No.: 820-2020-000469 (Ayele, Michael a/k/a W.) COMMENTS This office’s response to your request is as follows: (1) Your request for “the academic background, professional responsibilities and annual salaries of Yvonne D. Jones, Christopher P. Currie, Veronica Venture, Orice Williams Brown, Chuck Young, James-Christian Blockwood, Elaine McKinney, Laura Davis, Crystal Young, Greg Beatty, Michelle McGriff, Conchetta Belgrave and Sara Fernandez” is procedurally denied. No records exist within the EEOC. The records you seek would have originated with DHS. Your request should be made to DHS directly. See that agency’s FOIA information on the DHS public website at following link: https://www.dhs.gov/freedom-information-act-foia. (2) Your request for “all communications in the form of e-mails and postal correspondences exchanged between the EEOC and the DHS about Management Directive 715 since January 1, 2010” is granted. Please find the responsive information via your online PAL account. Nine (9) documents, totaling 52 pages, are provided to you. (3) Your request for “all complaints which were filed by employees and legal representatives of the DHS which may have come to the attention of the EEOC since January 1, 2010” is denied pursuant to the seventh exemption to the FOIA. 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(C). The seventh exemption to the FOIA permits the agency to withhold information compiled in investigative files where disclosure of such information could result in an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. In this instance, we cannot grant access to, or copies of, federal sector complaints, for which you are not a party to the complaint(s). 29 C.F.R. § 1610.17. (4) Your request for the “complete demographic data on new hires and promotions the DHS may have provided to the EEOC in Fiscal Year 2019” is procedurally denied. The records you seek would have originated with DHS. Your request, for MD-715 Reports or similar records, should be made to DHS directly. See that agency’s FOIA information on the DHS public website at following link: https://www.dhs.gov/freedom-information-act-foia. This response was prepared by Joanne Murray, Government Information Specialist, who may be reached at (202) 663-4500.

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