Tag: El Gamal Family
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Ms. Rachel brings children’s letters from ICE custody to Capitol Hill, including those from Colorado Springs family
Rachel Accurso — best known as Ms. Rachel — marched the steps of Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon to share handwritten letters and drawings from children, who describe their experiences being detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in south Texas. Wearing a bubblegum suit and her iconic pink headband, the YouTube educator with over…
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Public defender: Boulder firebomber’s federal case in possible jeopardy if family is deported
DENVER — As one side of the federal government pushes for the deportation of the El Gamal family, its judicial branch is raising concerns of how that could impact the Boulder firebomber’s federal hate crime case. Attorneys on both sides of Mohamed Soliman’s federal case gathered at the Alfred A. Arraj U.S. Courthouse on Friday…
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Colorado’s Jewish community rallies against ICE in support of El Gamal family
Jewish leaders are rallying in support of the El Gamal family as they begin rebuilding their lives in Colorado after spending nearly a year in federal detention. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Hayam El Gamal and her five children, aged 5-18, after Hayam’s then-husband, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, tossed Molotov cocktails into a crowd of Jewish…
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El Gamal family released from ICE custody, again, following federal court orders
The ex-wife and children of a man accused of an antisemitic attack were released from federal custody for the second time in three days late Saturday, according to attorneys for the family. Hayam El Gamal and her five children, ranging from age 5 to 18, had been in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
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Colorado Springs family released from Texas ICE facility following judge’s order
Nearly a year after an antisemitic attack in Boulder, a federal judge ordered Thursday that the suspect’s Colorado Springs-area family immediately be released from a Texas immigration detention center. Hayam El Gamal and her five children, Egyptian nationals, were taken to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, in…