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ORDER RE RESPONSE TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

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INTRODUCTION

“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. ”

—Mahatma Gandhi

On February 2, 2015, Plaintiffs filed a motion to enforce the parties’ 18-year-old consent decree (“the Agreement”) against Defendants Jeh Johnson and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) and its subordinate entities, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”). 1 See Plaintiffs’ First Set of Exhibits in Support of Motion to Enforce Settlement, Exh. 1 [Doc. # 101.] On April 24, 2015, the Court held a hearing on the motion. [Doc. # 143.] After giving the parties an opportunity to informally resolve their dispute, the Court ultimately *909 granted the motion on July 24, 2015, finding that Defendants had indeed breached the Agreement, and ordered Defendants to comply with the Agreement within 90 days. [Doc. # 177 (“July 24, 2015 Order”).]

In particular, contrary to Defendants’ interpretation, the Court found that the Agreement encompasses both accompanied and unaccompanied minors. In accordance with the consent decree,…