A U.S. judge has blocked the deportation of Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the man accused of carrying out the horrific firebombing attack on a group of pro-Israeli demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado.
District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher granted a request from the family of Soliman and issued an order to halt deportation proceedings of Soliman’s wife and five children.
On Tuesday evening, The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that Soliman’s wife and five children had been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and entered into proceedings for “expedited removal.”
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said that her agency was investigating the “extent” to which the family had known about his intentions in advance of Sunday’s atrocity.
The family members have not been charged in the attack. Soliman faces federal hate crime charges and 16 state charges of attempted murder, following the incident on Sunday, which left 15 people and a dog injured.
Using a “makeshift flamethrower” and two Molotov cocktails, Soliman targeted a “Run For Their Lives” event, which was attended by peaceful demonstrators calling for the release of Israeli hostages being held by Hamas since October 7, 2023.
Noem has promised that he will be prosecuted “to the full extent of the law.”
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