A federal judge on Wednesday allowed the deportation of the family of Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the man accused of firebombing a solidarity walk for Israeli hostages, to move forward, tossing another court’s order that had paused the family’s removal.
Judge Orlando Garcia of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas dismissed the family’s legal challenge to their deportation, finding that the Trump administration had followed standard procedures and that the federal court “lacks jurisdiction to grant Petitioners the relief they seek.”
The family had sued to prevent expedited removal proceedings, something the government said it was not pursuing. The Trump administration argued the family was “placed into ordinary removal proceedings.” The judge ruled that because the removal proceedings were not the expedited form the family had sued to prevent, the case was moot. Garcia blamed the White House’s social media posts for the confusion over the kind of removal proceeding the family faced.
“The confusion over whether Petitioners were being subjected to expedited removal was incited by social media posts issued by the White House on June 3, 2025—the day Petitioners were taken into custody by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers,” the judge’s order said.
The confusion seemed to come from a pair of social media posts from the White House, including one that claimed the family was “in ICE custody for expedited removal” and could be “deported as early as tonight.” The other post said, “Six One-Way Tickets for Mohamed’s Wife and Five Kids” and a “Final Boarding Call Coming Soon.”
Garcia ordered the case closed, noting the Immigration and Nationality Act “precludes judicial review” of the claims the family raised. The order ends a block first issued last month that prevented Soliman’s wife and five children from being removed from the country.
Soliman and his family are Egyptian nationals who have been in the United States illegally for years, according to DHS officials. Soliman arrived in the U.S. in August 2022, but his work authorization and tourist visa have both expired.
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Soliman has been charged with various crimes related to the June 1 attack, deemed by the FBI as a “targeted terror attack.” The charges levied against Soliman include 12 federal hate crime charges and dozens of state charges, including two counts of first-degree murder.
The June terrorist attack on the solidarity march in Colorado for Israeli hostages captured by Hamas led to multiple injuries among the marchers and the death of Karen Diamond, 82.