US EditionJudge Rules Family Should Be Released From ICE Detention to Pursue Asylum Case
The ruling covers a family of six detained for more than 10 months, and a San Antonio hearing is set to decide whether the release proceeds.
- On Monday, U.S. District Judge Fred Biery ordered the release of Hayam El Gamal and her five children from a Texas immigration detention center, requiring them to appear at future immigration hearings.
- Detention followed the June 2025 arrest of El Gamal's ex-husband, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, for an alleged Molotov cocktail attack in Boulder, Colorado, where he remains in custody facing murder and hate crime charges.
- Lawyers shared accounts from the children detailing moldy food and inadequate medical care at the Dilley, Texas facility, while El Gamal's recent hospitalization for an unidentified lump raised further health concerns.
- Attorney Eric Lee noted the family remains in custody, demanding immediate release while attorneys negotiate conditions over two weeks at the South Texas Family Residential Center.
- Judge Biery's ruling mandates "additional procedural protections" to ensure due process, countering the Trump administration's past social media posts about "Six One-Way Tickets" for the family.
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Federal judge orders release of Egyptian family of six who have spent 10 months detained in Dilley detention center
By Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune April 20, 2026 A federal judge in Texas ordered the release of an Egyptian family of six, including 5-year-old twins, who are believed to be the longest detained at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, the only federal immigrant facility authorized to hold parents with their children. The Monday decision by U.S. magistrate Elizabeth Chestney in San Antonio is a major development in the nearly year…
Federal court orders release of El Gamal family after 10 months in ICE detention
The ruling is a victory for Hayam El Gamal and her five children, but the family remains imprisoned and threatened with deportation as the Trump administration continues expanding the immigration police state and the network of for-profit detention camps.
Judge rules family should be released from ICE detention to pursue asylum case
Its a major victory for a family of six locked up at an immigration detention center in Texas for 10 months.In a ruling Monday a federal judge said the El Gamal family should be released and allowed to pursue their asylum case under supervision back home in their Colorado Springs community.Scripps News featured letters and drawings from the El Gamal children detailing struggles with health care and daily life at the Dilley detention center in Te…
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