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Gates issued the policy known as Special Order 40, which prohibited officers from initiating contact with anyone for the sole purpose of learning their immigration status.

Born of the 1996 immigration bill, these arrangements proliferated after the Sept. 11 attacks, and by 2013, local law enforcement was responsible for initiating more than half of non-border deportations.

That’s what the DOJ did in initiating and winning its Alabama case.

It is the role of prosecutors to vindicate that interest by initiating judicial action when a defendant dawdles.

“Evaluation has included both monitoring for impacts through a partnership with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and initiating formal reevaluation to inform future actions to mitigate risks to wildlife,” the spokesperson said in a statement.