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.

The court’s order followed a broader one last month allowing removals to countries with which migrants have no connections.

Eight men deported from the United States in May and held under guard for weeks at an American military base in the African nation of Djibouti while their legal challenge played out in court have now reached the Trump administration’s intended destination,