Family Rearrested Days After Judge Orders Release from Detention

A federal judge's order freed a mother and her five children from more than 10 months of immigration detention in Texas, only for authorities to rearrest the family days later in an apparent bid to deport them, their lawyers said. The case, centered in Colorado, underscores ongoing tensions in the Trump administration's immigration enforcement policies.

Hayam El Gamal, an Egyptian national, and her children, aged 5 to 18, were released Thursday from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, following a ruling by U.S. District Judge Fred Biery of the Western District of Texas. The detention, which began in June 2025, marked the longest known period for a family under President Donald Trump's second term. The family had entered the United States on tourist visas and was seeking asylum at the time of their arrest.

The detention stemmed from a firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado, where El Gamal's ex-husband, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, targeted a gathering commemorating Israeli hostages held by Hamas militants in Gaza. The assault injured multiple people, including an 82-year-old woman who later died. Soliman faces federal hate crime charges, but authorities have not...