In a development that has stirred fierce debate over judicial authority and executive power, a Colorado federal judge appointed by President Joe Biden has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to deport the family of Mohamed Soliman, a radical Islamist terrorist accused of setting a dozen Jewish demonstrators on fire in Boulder, Colorado.

The incident occurred on June 1, when Soliman allegedly attacked demonstrators who were rallying to support the release of hostages held by Hamas. Among the injured was a Holocaust survivor, a fact that has intensified public outrage and raised questions about national security and immigration enforcement policies.

On June 4, Judge Gordon Gallagher issued a brief but consequential two-page order that halted the removal of Soliman’s wife, Hayam Salah Alsaid Ahmed Elgamal, and their five children. The order explicitly states that the family “SHALL NOT REMOVE Hayem El Gamal and her five children from the District of Colorado or the United States unless or until this Court or the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit vacates this Order.”

This judicial intervention came just hours after Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced that DHS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had detained the family and initiated their removal proceedings. According to DHS, Soliman’s wife and children-Egyptian nationals-were taken into ICE custody and processed for deportation. Soliman himself is reportedly an illegal alien, though the legal status of his family members has not been definitively clarified.

The case presents a complex intersection of immigration law, national security, and judicial authority. Soliman’s violent act, which targeted Jewish demonstrators, has been widely condemned, making........

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