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Judge Frees Detained Family; White House Sends Travel, Monitors

4/24/2026

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Judge Fred Biery ordered the release of Hayam El Gamal and her five children from detention in Dilley, Texas.
White House announced six one-way tickets for family.
Attorney Eric Lee noted the family will wear ankle monitors after release.
Homeland Security called the family’s care claims “media lies” and said detainees receive medical services, noting ex-husband Mohamed Sabry Soliman, arrested for an antisemitic firebombing in Boulder, Colorado, pleaded not guilty.

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Judge Fred Biery ordered the release of Hayam El Gamal and her five children from detention in Dilley, Texas.
White House announced six one-way tickets for family.
Attorney Eric Lee noted the family will wear ankle monitors after release.
Homeland Security called the family’s care claims “media lies” and said detainees receive medical services, noting ex-husband Mohamed Sabry Soliman, arrested for an antisemitic firebombing in Boulder, Colorado, pleaded not guilty.