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Saudi Gazette
2 days ago
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- Saudi Gazette
Judge halts deportation of Colorado suspect's family
WASHINGTON — A US judge has temporarily halted deportation proceedings against the family of a man accused of Sunday's petrol-bomb attack on Jewish demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado. Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, is accused of a federal hate crime and other charges. Officials say his family, who are not charged in the attack, are Egyptian citizens. US District Judge Gordon Gallagher, a Biden appointee, ordered deportation proceedings to be halted, a day after the White House said it had six one-way tickets to deport the wife and five children from the US. The decision was one of three immigration rulings on Wednesday against Trump by federal judges as he seeks to deliver on his pledge for mass deportations. "The court finds that deportation without process could work irreparable harm and an order must issue without notice due to the urgency this situation presents," Judge Gallagher wrote in his order on Wednesday. Lawyers for the defense had accused the government of unfairly targeting the family, who say they were unaware of Soliman's violent plans and have co-operated with investigators."It is patently unlawful to punish individuals for the crimes of their relatives," the family's lawyers said in a lawsuit challenging their immigration detention."Such methods of collective or family punishment violates the very foundations of a democratic justice system."The family members include Soliman's wife, Hayam El Gamal, 41, as well as the couple's 17-year-old daughter, two other daughters and two are being held at an immigration detention centre in Texas, over 900 miles (1,450km) from their home in of Homeland Security officials have said that Mr Soliman arrived in the US on a tourist visa in August 2022. That visa expired the following year. He made an asylum claim in September to police documents, the suspect told officials that he "never talked to his wife or his family" about his plans, and that he had left a phone in a desk drawer with messages to his wife and children. His wife turned the phone in to of Soliman's daughters was recently awarded a scholarship by a local newspaper in Colorado Springs. A profile in the Gazette newspaper noted she "was born in Egypt but lived in Kuwait for 14 years" and relocated to the US two years his arrest, Soliman told police he planned the attack to take place after his daughter's high school graduation, according to the Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the agency was "investigating to what extent his family knew about this heinous attack, if they had knowledge of it, or if they provided support to it".The judge's order is the latest setback for the Trump administration on Wednesday, another federal judge ruled that over 100 Venezuelan migrants deported to a jail in El Salvador must be given a chance to challenge their James Boasberg said the US had "plainly deprived" the migrants of their constitutional right to oppose their the ruling does not apply Venezuelan migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native deported from the US at the same also emerged on Wednesday that the US had flown a Guatemalan man back to the US, after deporting him to Mexico.A federal judge in Boston last month found that prosecutors had incorrectly declared the man was not afraid for his safety in individual, identified in court papers only as OCG, was returned on a commercial flight on Wednesday, according to his lawyers. — BBC
BBC News
2 days ago
- Politics
- BBC News
Judge halts deportation of Colorado suspect's family
A US judge has temporarily halted deportation proceedings against the family of a man accused of Sunday's petrol-bomb attack on Jewish demonstrators in Boulder, Sabry Soliman, 45, is accused of a federal hate crime and other charges. Officials say his family, who are not charged in the attack, are Egyptian District Judge Gordon Gallagher, a Biden appointee, ordered deportation proceedings to be halted, a day after the White House said it had six one-way tickets to deport the wife and five children from the US. The decision was one of three immigration rulings on Wednesday against Trump by federal judges as he seeks to deliver on his pledge for mass deportations. "The court finds that deportation without process could work irreparable harm and an order must issue without notice due to the urgency this situation presents," Judge Gallagher wrote in his order on for the defence had accused the government of unfairly targeting the family, who say they were unaware of Mr Soliman's violent plans and have co-operated with investigators. "It is patently unlawful to punish individuals for the crimes of their relatives," the family's lawyers said in a lawsuit challenging their immigration detention. "Such methods of collective or family punishment violates the very foundations of a democratic justice system."The family members include Mr Soliman's wife, Hayam El Gamal, 41, as well as the couple's 17-year-old daughter, two other daughters and two sons. They are being held at an immigration detention centre in Texas, over 900 miles (1,450km) from their home in of Homeland Security officials have said that Mr Soliman arrived in the US on a tourist visa in August 2022. That visa expired the following year. He made an asylum claim in September to police documents, the suspect told officials that he "never talked to his wife or his family" about his plans, and that he had left a phone in a desk drawer with messages to his wife and children. His wife turned the phone in to of Mr Soliman's daughters was recently awarded a scholarship by a local newspaper in Colorado Springs. A profile in the Gazette newspaper noted she "was born in Egypt but lived in Kuwait for 14 years" and relocated to the US two years his arrest, Mr Soliman told police he planned the attack to take place after his daughter's high school graduation, according to the Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the agency was "investigating to what extent his family knew about this heinous attack, if they had knowledge of it, or if they provided support to it".The judge's order is the latest setback for the Trump administration on Wednesday, another federal judge ruled that over 100 Venezuelan migrants deported to a jail in El Salvador must be given a chance to challenge their removal. Judge James Boasberg said the US had "plainly deprived" the migrants of their constitutional right to oppose their the ruling does not apply Venezuelan migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native deported from the US at the same also emerged on Wednesday that the US had flown a Guatemalan man back to the US, after deporting him to Mexico. A federal judge in Boston last month found that prosecutors had incorrectly declared the man was not afraid for his safety in Mexico. The individual, identified in court papers only as OCG, was returned on a commercial flight on Wednesday, according to his lawyers.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
A Middle Tennessee school district announces early closure due to 'potential threat'
The Cheatham County School District in Tennessee is closing at 11 a.m. today "due to a potential threat," according to messages posted by the district on social media. Families were able to start pickups at 10:30 a.m. while buses will run their regular routes. The move is being made out "out of an abundance of caution," the district said in a Facebook post shortly after 10 a.m. All other district activities, including extended daycare, are canceled for the day. Ashland City, the Cheatham County seat, sits on the Cumberland River a little more than 30 miles west of Nashville. There are 14 elementary, middle and high schools in the Cheatham County district with 5,476 students enrolled during the 2023-2024 school year, according to the Tennessee Department of Education 2023-24 Report Card. "We believe it is in our best interest to close schools," the post from the district said. "We are working with the Tennessee office of Homeland Security and local law enforcement to determine the validity of this threat." The last day of school for Cheatham County is set for May 20. The Tennessean reached out to Cheatham County School District Communications Director Tim Adkins, who could not share any additional details beyond the public social media posts. "When more details are available, we will share additional information," Adkins said. This is a developing story. Check back for more details as they become available. This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Cheatham Schools in TN closed due to 'potential threat,' officials say
