On Friday afternoon, January 27, President Trump entered his order banning travelers holding passports from Syria and six other Muslim countries from entering the United States, and on Saturday, top Philadelphia immigration lawyers stepped into action to help stranded travelers, including people being held incommunicado.

The Legal Intelligencer reports that lawyers from the firms Langer, Grogan & Diver and Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing & Feinberg teamed up with HIAS and the American Civil Liberties Union to form two groups. One group went to the airport to try to help those who were detained, unable to enter the country. A second group went to work on court papers, assisted by lawyers from the immigration law firms of Landau, Hess, Simon & Choi and Green and Spiegel.

By Sunday, this volunteer effort succeeded in ending the detentions. Fully resolving the issues, however, will require substantial litigation, in which these lawyers will play a significant role.