DENVER — The family of the man accused of carrying out the Boulder terror attack in June filed a petition in federal court Monday demanding their release after the Department of Homeland Security blocked a judge’s ruling to let the family out on bond last month.
Hayam El Gamal, the wife of suspected Boulder attacker Mohammed Soliman, and her five children have been detained for more than four months at an immigration detention center in Texas.
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US judge halts the deportation of the family of the Boulder firebombing suspect
Court documents show El Gamal filed a writ of habeas corpus on Monday in the federal court in the Western District of Texas. A writ of habeas corpus demands that the entity detailing someone show a lawful reason why that person remains in custody.
Those documents also detail how an immigration judge in September granted a $15,000 bond to release all six family members. El Gamal has five children ranging in age from 4 to 18. The Department of Homeland Security objected to the family’s release, saying they were a flight risk…