FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2018, file photo, 15-year-old Alanis Rodriguez, left, of Canovanos, Puerto Rico, and 14-year-old Bethel Sanchez, right, of Isabela, Puerto Rico, spend time together in a hotel lobby in Dedham, Mass. where they have lived temporarily after Hurricane Maria hit the island in September. A hearing is planned Monday, July 2, 2018, in Springfield, Mass., on a federal judge's restraining order temporarily blocking the evictions of nearly 1,700 Puerto Rican hurricane evacuees from hotels across the U.S. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2018, file photo, 15-year-old Alanis Rodriguez, left, of Canovanos, Puerto Rico, and 14-year-old Bethel Sanchez, right, of Isabela, Puerto Rico, spend time together in a hotel lobby in Dedham, Mass. where they have lived temporarily after Hurricane Maria hit the island in September. A hearing is planned Monday, July 2, 2018, in Springfield, Mass., on a federal judge's restraining order temporarily blocking the evictions of nearly 1,700 Puerto Rican hurricane evacuees from hotels across the U.S. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) Credit: Steven Senne

Boston — Nearly 1,700 Puerto Rican hurricane evacuees living in hotels across the U.S. on Monday were awaiting a federal judge’s decision on their next home.

A hearing was held on another federal judge’s restraining order temporarily blocking their evictions.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Hillman heard plaintiff representatives and government attorneys on Monday at a phone hearing. He could announce his decision as soon as Monday night or as late as Wednesday morning.

The other U.S. District Court judge, Leo Sorokin, granted the temporary restraining order on Saturday. The order extends the evacuees’ time in hotels through Thursday.

Sorokin said ending federal housing assistance vouchers could irreparably harm desperate hurricane survivors with nowhere else to go.

The plaintiffs’ motion is to continue and extend the restraining order for at least 30 days pending a formal hearing for the court to consider testimony and other evidence.

Puerto Ricans began arriving after Hurricane Maria last September. Their Federal Emergency Management Agency housing vouchers originally were set to expire last weekend.

FEMA said the number of families in its housing program had decreased from 1,722 on Saturday to 420 on Monday.

FEMA is offering to cover flight expenses for approved applicants and their household members. FEMA spokesman William Booher said the agency would comply with the judge’s order, but he would not comment on pending litigation.