Lee Gelernt:  “The judge, in a nutshell, saw through what the government was doing and gave us what we wanted, which was to block the Trump order and not allow the government to remove anybody who has come and is caught up in the order, nationwide.  They cannot remove anybody.  Plus, she said they need to give us a list of the names who are being detained, because as you all know, we have not been ale to track everyone down despite diligent efforts.  The government must now give us a name.  We’re going to go see each of the people, provide counsel, try to get them out of detention, right now.  But at minimum, they will not be returned back to danger.  The court has set further briefing and will hear this case some time in February, but the key tonight was making sure that no one was put back on a plane and some people were threatened to be put back on a plane as of 9:30 tonight.  Hopefully that will be blocked.  She told the government to get the word out to their people at airports, “Don’t put people on planes.” So, if you hear of that, you need to let us know immediately, because it would be in defiance of a court order.”

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