On May 7, 2026, a federal district court in California issued a decision in East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, et al., v. Trump, et al., No. 18-CV-06810-JST, a case litigated by Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, the National Immigrant Justice Center, and the American Civil Liberties Union challenging the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways (CLP) rule on behalf of East Bay Sanctuary Covenant (EBSC), American Gateways, Central American Resource Center, Immigrant Defenders Law Center, National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Tahirih Justice Center. This resource explains the CLP rule, the East Bay Sanctuary Covenant lawsuit, and the impacts of the May 2026 ruling.