Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration's Deportation of Detained Family
A federal court in the United States has intervened to prevent the deportation of Hayam El Gamal and her five children, who were recently released from immigration detention. The family, originally from Egypt, had been held for nearly a year, marking the longest detention of any known family during President Trump's second term. Their detention followed an attack by El Gamal's former husband, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, in Boulder, Colorado. Despite a lack of evidence implicating the family in the attack, they were detained by immigration authorities. After their release, the Trump administration attempted to re-detain and deport them, prompting a federal judge to issue an emergency order halting their removal. The family's lawyers and several lawmakers have criticized the administration's actions as illegal and punitive.