The Arab-American Civil Rights League argued in a suit filed this week in Detroit’s US district court that the president’s executive action is unconstitutional and targets immigrant communities.

A restraining order released Friday from US district Judge Victoria Roberts covers legal permanent residents, not some others that also are part of the lawsuit. She said lawyers for the government clarified to her that the ban did not apply to “lawful” permanent residents

Victoria A. Roberts, nominated by President Bill Clinton, is United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.