A federal judge for New York’s Eastern District issued an emergency stay on Saturday night that temporarily halts President Donald Trump’s Friday executive order banning entry to the US from seven mostly Muslim countries.
Trump’s executive order led to widespread protests at airports around the country, and chaos as travelers from the blacklisted countries were detained, interrogated, and refused entry to the United States.
The lawyers who sued the government said the decision following an emergency hearing in a New York City courtroom could affect an estimated 100 to 200 people.
