A federal appeals court on Wednesday halted a lower court’s order restricting federal immigration officers’ use of force in the Chicago area, calling the order “overbroad.”

A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit paused U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis’s Nov. 6 injunction , which significantly limited federal officers’ ability to use force when conducting immigration operations amid unruly protests. The panel’s Wednesday order took issue with how wide-ranging Ellis’s order was, noting it limited the powers of the president, the Justice Department, and the Department of Homeland Security.

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