U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss issued an administrative stay Friday morning temporarily blocking the deportations in response to a lawsuit filed late Thursday night on behalf of the eight men, who have spent the last six weeks in a shipping container on a U.S. military base in Djibouti amid a legal tug-of-war over their fate.

Federal judge blocks deportation of 8 migrants to South Sudan hours before flight, amid nationwide protests against Trump's immigration crackdown.