Two days after the wife of Mohamed Soliman, the man facing a hate crime charge after the June 1 firebomb attack in Boulder, released a statement pleading with the American public for help, the Department of Homeland Security issued a statement calling her allegations as “false.”

Hayam El Gamal and her five children have been detained since June 3 in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Dilley (Texas) Detention Center. They are fighting deportation in the Western District of Texas.

El Gamal released her first public statement on the attack and the “inhumane” conditions at the Texas detention center Wednesday. In the statement, El Gamal said the family had been treated like “animals” and “forced to watch officials rough up another detainee” at one point.

In response to the allegations, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said ICE “takes its commitment to promoting safe, secure, humane environments for those in our custody very seriously.”

“These allegations by Hayam Salah Alsaid Ahmed Elgamal are FALSE,” McLaughlin stated in an email. “ICE is regularly audited and inspected by external agencies to ensure that all ICE facilities comply with performance-based national detention standards.”

McLaughlin said DHS continues to investigate the family’s potential involvement of the June 1 attack and whether they had knowledge of it or provided support to it.

According to state and federal arrest affidavits for Soliman, he told investigators he did not inform his family of the yearlong plan. His wife, El Gamal, was spotting by authorities leaving their Colorado Springs residence and driving to a police station upon hearing of his arrest.

One of El Gamal’s attorneys, Eric Lee, has previously asserted the family had no involvement, telling The Gazette “the family itself had no idea,” and the incident came as a “great shock.”

Soliman, 45, is accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at a group participating in a peaceful demonstration on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1, injuring 15 people and a dog. He faces 118 state charges for his alleged actions.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Denver also is charging Soliman with a hate crime, which, if he is convicted, could result in life in prison.