A federal judge has blocked the deportation of the family of Boulder, Colorado, terror suspect Mohamed Soliman after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was preparing to deport his wife and five children.
U.S. District Judge Gordon Gallagher stepped in Tuesday to temporarily block the deportation of Hayem El Gamal, the wife of Mohamed Soliman, along with their children, CBS reported.
The move preserves the court’s authority over the case while legal proceedings continue.
“Moreover, the court finds that deportation without process could work irreparable harm and an order must issue without notice due to the urgency this situation presents,” Gallagher said in his order.
The judge scheduled a hearing on the request for a temporary restraining order for June 13 at the federal courthouse in Denver.
Earlier that day, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had taken El Gamal and the children into custody.
She said they were being processed for removal from the United States. Four of the children are underage, while the fifth is 18.
Federal immigration records confirm that El Gamal and her children are currently being held at a federal detention center in Dilley, Texas.
The facility is designed to house families with minors. The family had been living in Colorado Springs.
Mohamed Soliman, an Egyptian national, arrived in the U.S. with his family in August 2022.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, he filed for asylum the following month.
Soliman is now facing multiple counts of attempted murder along with a federal hate crimes charge.
Authorities say he carried out an attack on Sunday that left more than a dozen people wounded during a march in support of Israeli hostages.
Among the victims was an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor.
Law enforcement officials say Soliman used Molotov cocktails in the assault, which left several people with burn injuries.
Witnesses reported hearing Soliman shout “Free Palestine” and “End Zionist” as he carried out the attack.
Federal authorities say the man arrested for a suspected terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday was prepared to conduct mass murder using homemade explosive devices and a self-fashioned “flamethrower.”
In addition, the FBI says that the suspect, Mohamed Soliman, an Egyptian national in the U.S. illegally, admitted that he intended to “kill” as many “Zionists” as possible at a demonstration to free Israeli hostages that he intentionally targeted.
As reported by Fox News’ Kayleigh McEnany during Monday’s edition of “Outnumbered,” Soliman was found to have had 14 Molotov cocktails on his person along with the flamethrower that he used to injure eight people, at least one critically.
He told authorities he wanted to “kill all Zionist people” and said he wished “they were all dead.”
The FBI has also said that Soliman’s attack has all of the hallmarks of a traditional “lone wolf” assailant, which in and of itself is worrisome.
Soliman, 45, is accused of using homemade incendiary devices to set eight people on fire during a daytime attack at Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall, where the victims had gathered to advocate for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas, Fox News noted.
“From a behavioral and psychological profiling perspective, this suggests impulsive extremism or a desire for martyrdom rather than escape or survival,” Jason Pack, a retired FBI supervisory special agent, told the outlet.
“These traits [are] often associated with ideologically driven lone actors. This kind of attacker typically operates without a support network but may be influenced by online propaganda or perceived injustices,” Pack said.
“The erratic behavior, crude weaponry and politically charged language point to a disorganized, emotionally unstable individual whose radicalization, if confirmed, could place the case within the growing trend of unpredictable, lone-wolf-style domestic attacks,” he added.
An arrest affidavit detailing Soliman’s interview with local law enforcement following his arrest suggests a lack of sophistication in his actions.