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José Olivares

Family of six held by ICE arrives back in Colorado as lawyer attacks ‘kidnapping’

People outside Ice jail
The ICE detention facility in Dilley, Texas. Photograph: Eric Gay/AP

An Egyptian mother and her children, previously jailed by immigration authorities, arrived back in their home in Colorado on Wednesday, after a days-long ordeal during which the Trump administration likely attempted to violate a federal judge’s order.

Their attorney, Eric Lee, claimed the US government’s actions against the El Gamal family constituted “kidnapping” after immigration officials re-arrested the family last week.

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