RECITALS WHEREAS. On June 30, 2016, Plaintiffs filed a class action complaint alleging that the DHS Defendants failed to provide asylum seekers with notice of the statutory deadline requiring filing of an asylum application within one year of arrival in the United States (“one-year deadline”) and alleging that DHS and EOIR Defendants failed to create a uniform procedural mechanism that ensures asylum seekers the opportunity to comply with that deadline; On January 10, 2017, the Court granted Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, certifying the following classes: I. All individuals in Class A who are not in removal proceedings and who either (a) have not yet applied for asylum or (b) applied for asylum after one year of their last arrival;
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