New York Federal Judge Grants Immigrants’ Emergency Motion For Stay Of Removal

(January 30, 2017, 1:46 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on Jan. 28 granted an emergency motion for stay of removal filed by two immigrants seeking to represent themselves and a class of individuals with refugee applications, holders of valid visas and other individuals from seven countries who are legally authorized to enter the United States in response to an executive order issued by President Donald Trump one day earlier changing the way certain non-citizens may enter the United States and imposing a 120-day moratorium on the refugee resettlement program (Hameed Khalid Darweesh, et al. v. Donald Trump, et al., No. 17-480, E.D. N.Y.)....