Judge pauses deportation as Egyptian family on plane to Michigan is re-arrested by ICE
A Texas federal judge paused the El Gamal family’s immediate deportation after ICE re-arrested them hours after their release from detention at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, while they await an immigration judge’s asylum decision. The six-member family, held for about 10 months, were on a plane to Michigan when the ruling was issued, and their lawyers argue the government acted irregularly, prompting renewed questions about due process in immigration enforcement.