While ultimately declining to find that ATF intentionally engaged in racial profiling when selecting targets for these operations, the judge concluded, These sting operations have used tremendous public resources to investigate and prosecute a large number of principally minority individuals for fictitious crimes. The judge found that these operations have served to undermine legitimate law enforcement efforts in this country. As discussed in depth in a 2015 Center for American Progress report on ATF, the agency confronts a number of historical challenges in its efforts to successfully develop and implement complex law enforcement operations, including insufficient management, lack of coordination with other agencies, and insufficient resources
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The new facility opened in 2022
