Overview

• Judge Orlando Garcia dismissed the Soliman family’s lawsuit for lack of jurisdiction on July 2, ending court-ordered restraints on their deportation.
• The ruling confirmed that Hayam El Gamal and her five children are in ordinary removal proceedings rather than expedited removal.
• Immigration authorities may now resume deportation proceedings, although the family remains in a Texas detention center and may seek bond before an immigration judge.
• Garcia highlighted confusion caused by White House social media posts about “expedited removal” but found courts cannot review detention decisions under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
• Mohamed Sabry Soliman remains jailed on federal hate crime and state first-degree murder charges for the June 1 firebomb attack in Boulder.