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Yahoo
6 days ago
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- Yahoo
Judge blocks Trump administration from quickly deporting family of Boulder firebombing suspect
A federal judge in Colorado on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from quickly deporting the family of the accused fire bomber who injured multiple people last weekend at a pro-Israel demonstration in Boulder, Colorado. Colorado District Court Judge Gordon Gallagher, a Biden appointee, ruled that the U.S. government cannot remove Hayem El Gamal and her five children from Colorado pending further notice from him or the court of appeals. El Gamal is the wife of Mohamad Sabry Soliman, the 45-year-old from Colorado Springs charged with federal and state hate crime charges for throwing Molotov cocktails and using a 'makeshift flamethrower' on pro-Israel protestors at an event organized by Run For Their Lives, which met weekly at a pedestrian street in Boulder. The attack earlier this week was the latest incident of high-profile violence against Jewish Americans, and one that the Trump administration quickly described as fueled by a rise of antisemitism. His wife and children were taken into ICE custody and were facing expedited removal on Tuesday, according to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. 'We are investigating to what extent his family knew about this heinous attack, if they had knowledge of it, or if they provided support to it,' Noem said in the announcement. Sabry Soliman planned the attack for more than a year, and had 'no regrets' about his actions, acting U.S. Attorney J. Bishop Grewell for the District of Colorado said Monday in a press conference. Since the attack, details about Sabry Soliman's immigration status — he's an Egyptian national who has been living in the U.S. illegally since overstaying his visa after February 2023, administration officials have said — have tied the Boulder attack to President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policy denouncing illegal migration in the U.S. 'These individuals are going to be deported, and we're not going to tolerate such violence in our country,' White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a press briefing on Monday. A hearing on a temporary restraining order request in their case is set for late next week.
Politico
6 days ago
- Politics
- Politico
Judge blocks Trump administration from quickly deporting family of Boulder firebombing suspect
A federal judge in Colorado on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from quickly deporting the family of the accused fire bomber who injured multiple people last weekend at a pro-Israel demonstration in Boulder, Colorado. Colorado District Court Judge Gordon Gallagher, a Biden appointee, ruled that the U.S. government cannot remove Hayem El Gamal and her five children from Colorado pending further notice from him or the court of appeals. El Gamal is the wife of Mohamad Sabry Soliman, the 45-year-old from Colorado Springs charged with federal and state hate crime charges for throwing Molotov cocktails and using a 'makeshift flamethrower' on pro-Israel protestors at an event organized by Run For Their Lives, which met weekly at a pedestrian street in Boulder. The attack earlier this week was the latest incident of high-profile violence against Jewish Americans, and one that the Trump administration quickly described as fueled by a rise of antisemitism. His wife and children were taken into ICE custody and were facing expedited removal on Tuesday, according to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. 'We are investigating to what extent his family knew about this heinous attack, if they had knowledge of it, or if they provided support to it,' Noem said in the announcement. Sabry Soliman planned the attack for more than a year, and had 'no regrets' about his actions, acting U.S. Attorney J. Bishop Grewell for the District of Colorado said Monday in a press conference. Since the attack, details about Sabry Soliman's immigration status — he's an Egyptian national who has been living in the U.S. illegally since overstaying his visa after February 2023, administration officials have said — have tied the Boulder attack to President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policy denouncing illegal migration in the U.S. 'These individuals are going to be deported, and we're not going to tolerate such violence in our country,' White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a press briefing on Monday. A hearing on a temporary restraining order request in their case is set for late next week.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Yet Another Federal Judge Blocks Trump's B.S. Deportations
Another federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's efforts to deport migrants under the Alien Enemies Act, at least for now. Judge Charlotte Sweeney, of the Colorado District Court, ruled on Tuesday that the White House could not order the removal of migrants held in Colorado detention centers under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), an 18th century wartime law that President Donald Trump is exploiting in order to remove undocumented migrants from the United States. Trump asserts he can use the law to deport people, without due process, by declaring them to be members of gangs he's deemed terrorist organizations. Sweeney's ruling is the latest in a series of decisions in which federal judges have intervened to delay or prevent the use of the AEA to carry out deportations without due process. The judge found that Trump is using the act 'improperly,' because the U.S. is facing no actual invasion or predatory incursion. Judge Sweeney granted a temporary restraining order to the American Civil Liberties Union and the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network filed on behalf of migrants detained in Colorado. She wrote that the government was required to not only provide written notice to the individual — in a language they understand — that the 'government intends to remove individuals pursuant to the [AEA],' but that it must 'provide notice of a right to seek judicial review, and inform individuals they may consult an attorney regarding their detainment and the government's intent to remove them.' Her order follows a Saturday ruling from the Supreme Court temporarily blocking the president from using the AEA to deport another cohort of Venezuelan migrants, after his administration sent hundreds to Salvadoran prisons where they could face torture and human rights abuses. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court determined that the Trump administration was required to notify migrants detained under the AEA that they were subject to removal under the act and provide them a reasonable opportunity to contest their removals. Despite the ruling, the ACLU and other advocacy organizations have asserted that the administration has continued to detain migrants and attempt to deport them without giving reasonable notice or time to contest their deportations. Trump lashed out at the Supreme Court on Monday after it paused his deportations under the AEA. 'We cannot give everyone a trial, because to do so would take, without exaggeration, 200 years,' the president claimed, despite the requirement under the Fifth Amendment that the government extend due process rights to everyone. D.C. District Court Judge James Boasberg, the first judge to intervene on behalf of migrants being subjected to the AEA, is currently weighing contempt proceedings against members of the Trump administration over their open defiance of his court order barring their original deportation of hundreds of migrants to El Salvador. District court judges in Massachusetts, New York, and Texas have also issued orders forcing the administration to pump the breaks on their immigration crackdown. The Supreme Court has separately directed the administration to 'facilitate' the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man whom it illegally sent to prison in El Salvador, despite a court having granted him a 'protection from removal' order barring him from being sent back to that country. Trump's administration has made a public show out of refusing to comply with the Supreme Court's order in that case, and it has refused to follow a lower court's orders seeking to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return as directed by the Supreme Court. Lawyers for Abrego Garcia's family wrote in a court filing on Monday that the administration is now failing to comply with the lower court judge's order granting discovery regarding the government's efforts (or lack thereof) to bring him back to the U.S. 'On the eve of the first court-ordered deposition concerning the government's failure to comply with this court's orders, the government responded to plaintiffs' discovery requests by producing nothing of substance,' wrote the lawyers for Abrego Garcia's family. Trump's Justice Department claimed in its discovery filing before the lower court on Monday that the administration has not been — and cannot be — 'ordered to facilitate Abrego Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador.' This is patently false. The Supreme Court's April 10 ruling found the lower court's original order in Abrego Garcia's case 'properly requires the government to 'facilitate' Abrego Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador and to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador.' Trump's administration has, indeed, been ordered to fix its illegal deportation under the AEA. It just doesn't care. More from Rolling Stone Activating the 'Silent Majority' to Fight Climate Change Trump's Tariffs Lead to Layoffs as IMF Warns of 'Shock' To Economy Harvard Sues Trump Administration in Escalating Fight Over Constitutional Rights Best of Rolling Stone The Useful Idiots New Guide to the Most Stoned Moments of the 2020 Presidential Campaign Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal The Radical Crusade of Mike Pence
Axios
04-03-2025
- Politics
- Axios
Tina Peters election tampering case under DOJ review
The Justice Department announced Monday it would review the case of Tina Peters, the former Colorado county clerk convicted of tampering with election machines to prove the 2020 election was stolen from President Trump. Why it matters: The move is the latest indication that the Trump administration will use the DOJ to aid his allies and pursue those who stand in the president's way. Driving the news: A top Justice Department attorney in the civil division filed a statement of interest in Peters' federal appeal noting the agency will evaluate the prosecution and sentencing to determine whether it was "oriented more toward inflicting political pain than toward pursuing actual justice or legitimate governmental objectives." Yaakov Roth, the acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's civil division, expressed concern about the judge's "exceptionally lengthy" nine-year prison sentence and denial of bail while the conviction is appealed. Catch up quick: Last October, Colorado District Court Judge Matthew Barrett, an appointee of the Democratic governor, imposed the sentence after a jury found Peters guilty on seven of 10 counts, including four felonies, related to her role in illegally accessing and copy voting records after the 2020 election. She faced up to 20 years in prison Reality check: The DOJ cannot overturn the state conviction, but it's move to intercede is noteworthy and may boost Peters federal appeal. The other side: Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein, a Republican, told the New York Times the filing was a surprise. "I am happy to have a conversation with anybody in the administration as to the motivations and expectations that our community had when they overwhelmingly wanted me to bring this criminal action," he added.
