UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT EAST BAY SANCTUARY No. 23-16032 COVENANT; CENTRAL AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER; D.C. No. 4:18-cv- TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER; 06810-JST NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS; IMMIGRANT DEFENDERS LAW CENTER; ORDER AMERICAN GATEWAYS,

Plaintiffs-Appellees,

v. JOSEPH R. BIDEN, President of the United States; MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; DAVID NEAL; EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW; ALEJANDRO N. MAYORKAS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; UR M. JADDOU; UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES; TROY A. MILLER; UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND BORDER 2 EAST BAY SANCTUARY COVENANT V. BIDEN

PROTECTION,

Defendants-Appellants.

Filed May 22, 2024

Before: William A. Fletcher, Richard A. Paez, and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges.

Order; Dissent by Judge VanDyke

SUMMARY *

Immigration/Intervention

In a case in which the government appeals the district c