The family residential center in Dilley, Texas, seen in 2019. Photograph: Eric Gay/APThe family residential center in Dilley, Texas, seen in 2019. Photograph: Eric Gay/APEgyptian family of six taken back into ICE custody days after being releasedHayam El Gamal and five children were held for 10 months after husband allegedly threw molotov cocktails at crowd
An Egyptian family of six has been taken back into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, days after they were released from a detention facility in Texas on Thursday, according to their attorney Eric Lee.
Lee said Saturday morning that Hayam El Gamal and her five children were on a private jet in Denver bound for Egypt because of a court order violation.
“This is a very live situation – an absolutely brazen violation of separation of powers,” Lee said.
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security could not immediately be reached for comment on what the court order violation constituted.
The El Gamal family’s case has drawn national attention. They had been detained at the much-criticized Dilley detention center for 10 months, a term believed to be the longest of any family during Donald Trump’s second administration. Dilley, a facility in a remote part of Texas near San Antonio, has been criticized for not providing adequate care and food for families.
In June 2025, El Gamal was arrested in connection to her husband, Mohamed Sabry Soliman. Federal authorities say Soliman threw molotov cocktails into a crowd that had convened to bring awareness to hostages in Gaza. He is facing charges of a federal hate crime.
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