U.S. District Judge Theodore Chang found that the Trump administration policy could violate religious freedom.

The ruling applies only to facilities for a handful of Quaker, Baptist and Sikh denominations and congregations that sued last month.

A federal judge in Maryland ruled Monday that the Trump administration acted too hastily with its new policy unshackling immigration officers to make arrests anywhere, including churches, saying such actions would trample on the rights of churches and temples to conduct their services.