Judges halt El Gamal family deportation mid-flight; ICE re-detains them hours later

Federal judges in Texas and Colorado issued emergency orders halting the deportation of Asmaa El Gamal and her five US citizen children to Egypt, diverting the ICE deportation aircraft mid-flight back to Colorado. The family had been held in Dilley, Texas for nearly a year following the arrest of their father for a Boulder courthouse attack; neither El Gamal nor the children faced any charges. Hours after the aircraft turned back, ICE re-arrested El Gamal and the children at a Denver check-in office, prompting a second round of emergency orders before ICE released them again.