And in New Mexico, an Iraqi man who had taken sanctuary from deportation since 2017 in an Albuquerque church has had his removal order vacated and will have his case reheard, allowing him to move freely for the first time in two years. Kadhim Albumohammed came to the U.S. in 1994 as a refugee and worked as a linguist for the U.S. military between 2004 and 2009. In 2017, Iraq agreed to take back a small number of citizens living in the U.S. in exchange for being removed from Trump’s Muslim travel ban.

Albumohammed joined a class-action lawsuit that prevented the deportation of 100 Iraqis, but has remained in sanctuary to avoid detention away from his family. Albumohammed’s attorney Rebecca Kitson announced the news and thanked his supporters at the Albuquerque church yesterday.

Rebecca Kitson: “It takes a village to be able to do this. The greater community of the Hamama class members and the ACLU of Michigan were also really instrumental in this. They are a wonderful and tireless group of advocates. And yeah, I mean, I just hope that this brings light into the heart of those that are still in sanctuary, knowing that the fight continues and that sometimes you win.”