Federal immigration authorities have released an Egyptian family that they had re-detained earlier Saturday, an attorney announced just after midnight.
The move came hours after a flight carrying the mother, Hayam El Gamal, and her five children to Michigan late Saturday abruptly turned around, following a Texas judge’s ruling that they should remain in the U.S. pending further litigation. The El Gamal family is believed to be the longest held at the controversial South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley.
The release capped a dizzying series of events this week that attorneys said added to ongoing questions over the executive branch’s power compared to the judiciary when it comes to President Donald Trump’s purview of immigration and his administration’s push for expanded deportations.
