Court rules student suing Trump administration not be detained for time being
A student who is suing the government for attempting to deport her for participating in pro-Palestine protests has been granted reprieve on Tuesday from being detained or transferred outside of New York.
The legal team of Yunseo Chung, a Columbia University student and US permanent legal resident who has lived in the United States since she was seven, filed a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) on Monday to seek immediate relief to block her from being detained or transferred outside the district to a distant detention site.
An emergency hearing took place in the Southern District of New York City on Tuesday afternoon. The court heard arguments from her legal team and granted the TRO, which remains in place until further orders by the court.
The lawsuit and request for an emergency TRO came after immigration officials moved to deport Chung for her participation in pro-Palestinian protests.
In court documents, her legal team said she “was one of a large group of college students raising, expressing, and discussing shared concerns” and has not “assumed a high-profile role in these protests”.
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