<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><div class="gmail-m_5773945122371467421panel-pane gmail-m_5773945122371467421pane-entity-field gmail-m_5773945122371467421pane-node-field-date gmail-m_5773945122371467421date" style="font-family:din,arial,helvetica,'nimbus sans l',sans-serif;font-size:18px;margin-bottom:1.11111rem;text-transform:uppercase;color:rgb(55,62,68)"><div class="gmail-m_5773945122371467421field-date" style="font-family:georgia,'times new roman','dejavu serif',serif;text-transform:none"><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;text-align:center;font-size:24px;font-family:georgia;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Federal Court Grants Stay in Challenge to Trump Immigration Ban</b></span></p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:georgia;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="letter-spacing:0px">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>January 28, 2017</span></p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:georgia;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="letter-spacing:0px">CONTACT: Inga Sarda-Sorensen, <a href="tel:(347)%20514-3984" value="+13475143984" target="_blank">347-514-3984</a>, </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(0,50,167)"><a href="mailto:isarda-sorensen@aclu.org" target="_blank">isarda-sorensen@<wbr>aclu.org</a></span><span style="letter-spacing:0px"><br><br>NEW YORK — A federal judge <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">tonight</span></span> granted the American Civil Liberties Union’s request for a nationwide temporary injunction that will block the deportation of all people stranded in U.S. airports under President Trump’s new Muslim ban. The ACLU and other legal organizations filed a lawsuit on behalf of individuals subject to President Trump's Muslim ban. The lead plaintiffs have been detained by the U.S. government and threatened with deportation even though they have valid visas to enter the United States. </span></p><p style="font-size:16px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:'times new roman'"><span style="letter-spacing:0px">Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project who argued the case, said: </span></p><p style="font-size:16px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:'times new roman'"><span style="letter-spacing:0px">“This ruling preserves the status quo and ensures that people who have been granted permission to be in this country are not illegally removed off U.S. soil.”</span></p><p style="font-size:16px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:'times new roman'"><span style="letter-spacing:0px"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0px">ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero, had this reaction to the ruling:</span></p><p style="font-size:16px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:'times new roman'"><span style="letter-spacing:0px">“Clearly the judge understood the possibility for irreparable harm to hundreds of immigrants and lawful visitors to this country. Our courts today worked as they should as bulwarks against government abuse or unconstitutional policies and orders. On week one, Donald Trump suffered his first loss in court.”</span></p></div></div><div class="gmail-m_5773945122371467421panel-pane gmail-m_5773945122371467421pane-entity-field gmail-m_5773945122371467421pane-node-body" style="margin-bottom:1.38889rem;color:rgb(55,62,68);font-family:georgia,'times new roman','dejavu serif',serif;font-size:18px"><div class="gmail-m_5773945122371467421field-body gmail-m_5773945122371467421text-area"><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.55556em;margin-left:0px"></p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px">The stay order is at: <a href="https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/darweesh-v-trump-order" id="gmail-m_5773945122371467421LPlnk135705" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(55,62,68)">https://www.aclu.org/<wbr>legal-document/darweesh-v-<wbr>trump-order</a></p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px">THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE ACLU! </p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px">WE HAVE TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE!</p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px">Champaign County ACLU</p></div></div></div></div>