Judge Forces ICE to Free Family Tied to Deadly Boulder Firebomb Attack
A federal judge in Texas has ordered ICE to release the family of a man accused in a deadly Boulder firebombing, immediately shifting a high-stakes immigration case.
The ruling puts the court in direct conflict with federal authorities who pushed to keep the family detained and move forward with deportation.
According to CBS News Colorado, U.S. District Judge Fred Biery ordered the release of the suspect’s wife and five children from a detention facility in Texas, blocking their removal from the Western District of Texas while their case continues.
The family had been held for months after Mohamed Sabry Soliman was accused of launching a 2025 attack in Boulder using Molotov cocktails, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen, according to reporting from The Colorado Sun and AP News.
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The decision adds a new legal complication, as federal officials have already objected and are expected to appeal, arguing the family is in the U.S. without legal status and subject to removal.
“The family must be released under appropriate monitoring conditions,” Biery ruled.
The case raises broader questions about whether relatives of criminal suspects can be detained or deported without being charged, especially in cases tied to national security or alleged terrorism.
What happens next will likely play out in appellate courts, where the federal government is expected to challenge the ruling and seek to reassert immigration enforcement authority.
For now, the family’s release marks a turning point in a case still unfolding.
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