Ravi Ragbir managed to buy himself some more time.

The immigrant rights leader was set to be deported this weekend, but he and his legal team filed a last minute lawsuit in the Southern District of New York, arguing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is targeting prominent activists due to their political beliefs.

Now he has until mid-March to make his case. Originally, he was set to be on a plane to Trinidad on Saturday.

Ragbir is also fighting a criminal conviction case in New Jersey. The government argued that it can deport Ragbir because he was convicted in 2001 of wire fraud. His legal team is trying to vacate that conviction.

A lawyer for the government, Assistant U.S. Attorney David Dauenheimer, said that "aliens," as he referred to them, deserve "minimal due process" and that Ragbir could appeal his conviction from Trinidad after being deported. Ragbir's attorney, Scott Thompson, said that would be "a nightmare" for Ragbir.