A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld limits on warrantless U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests at churches affiliated with a coalition of religious groups, ruling that the Trump administration’s policy likely violated a federal religious freedom law.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a February preliminary injunction issued last year by U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang, an appointee of former President Barack Obama in Maryland. Chuang had required the Department of Homeland Security to follow Biden-era safeguards when ICE officers were working at or near houses of worship, and the appeals court’s ruling is narrowly tailored to apply only to plaintiffs in the ongoing litigation.