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ned to prevent criminal activity and maintain security." Id. at *5 (quotation marks and ellipses omitted); see also Opinion and Order, Dkt. No. 59, Gonzalez v. ICE, No. 19-cv-2911 (JGK) (S.D.N.Y. July 29, 2020), slip op. at 27-28 (requiring a "rational nexus" between withheld records and an agency's law

482, the government need not "identify a specific decision" made by the agency to establish the predecisional nature of a particular record. NLRB v. Sears, Roebuck,421 U.S. 132, 151 n.18 (1975); accord Tigue v. U.S. Dep't ofJustice, 312 F.3d 70, 80 (2d Cir. 2002). Rather, so long as the document "was

e, 775 F.2d 49 (2d Cir. 1985) 21 Envt 'I Prot. Agency v. Mink, 410 U.S. 73 (1973) 19 Gentile v. State Bar of Nev., 501 U.S. 1030 (1991) 12 Gonzalez v. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Servs., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 134482 (S.D.N.Y. July 29, 2020) 9 iii EFTA00071626 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Docum

which governmental decisions and policies are formulated." Dep't of Interior v. Klamath Water Users Protective Ass'n, 532 U.S. I, 8 (2001) (quoting Sears, 421 U.S. at 150). But the records withheld are largely not akin to advisory opinions or policy recommendations and do not relate to any policymakin

e, 775 F.2d 49 (2d Cir. 1985) 21 Envt 'I Prot. Agency v. Mink, 410 U.S. 73 (1973) 19 Gentile v. State Bar of Nev., 501 U.S. 1030 (1991) 12 Gonzalez v. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Servs., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 134482 (S.D.N.Y. July 29, 2020) 9 iii EFTA00088703 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Docum

which governmental decisions and policies are formulated." Dep't of Interior v. Klamath Water Users Protective Ass'n, 532 U.S. I, 8 (2001) (quoting Sears, 421 U.S. at 150). But the records withheld are largely not akin to advisory opinions or policy recommendations and do not relate to any policymakin