A federal judge has cleared the way for U.S. immigration authorities to continue deportation proceedings against the wife and five children of Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the Egyptian national accused of fire-bombing a pro-Israel rally in Boulder, Colorado. U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia of the Western District of Texas on 2 July dismissed the family’s habeas lawsuit and dissolved a temporary restraining order that had paused their removal, ruling that the court lacks jurisdiction over discretionary detention decisions made under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Garcia found that Hayam El Gamal and her children—detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on 3 June—are in ordinary removal proceedings, not the expedited process referenced in White House social-media posts that had warned they could be expelled ‘as early as tonight.’ Because expedited removal is not being pursued, the judge deemed the family’s claims moot and said the INA bars the court from second-guessing the government’s decision to keep them in custody. The relatives may seek release through the immigration-court bond system while their cases move ahead, he said. Soliman allegedly hurled Molotov cocktails and used a backpack sprayer filled with fuel against demonstrators on 1 June, injuring more than a dozen people. After 82-year-old Karen Diamond died of her burns on 25 June, state prosecutors upgraded the charges to include two counts of first-degree murder; federal prosecutors had already secured a 12-count hate-crime indictment. Soliman, who overstayed a tourist visa that expired in February 2023, has pleaded not guilty. The family’s next immigration hearing is scheduled for 11 July.