A federal judge briefly halted the Trump administration on Friday from placing eight migrants on a plane destined for conflict-ridden South Sudan, to give the men time to make their argument to a court in Massachusetts.

The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the the Trump administration to deport to South Sudan a group of migrants that have been held for weeks on a military base in Djibouti.

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