Overview

• A Denver judge transferred the habeas petition to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas because immigration officials moved the family into ICE custody there
• The temporary restraining order issued on June 4 remains effective until its 14-day limit expires or the Texas court modifies it
• Federal authorities conceded that Soliman’s wife and children do not meet the criteria for expedited removal and have been placed in standard removal proceedings
• Hayam El Gamal and her five children were detained on June 3, days after Mohamed Soliman’s June 1 antisemitic firebombing attack in Boulder injured 15 people and a dog
• Soliman, held since the attack and charged with federal hate crimes and multiple state counts, has a pending asylum application and El Gamal holds a pending EB-2 work visa petition