A United States federal judge ordered the release of a mother and her five children after more than 10 months in immigration detention, ending what advocates describe as the longest family detention of President Donald Trump's second administration.
U.S. District Judge Fred Biery ordered Hayam El Gamal and her five children, ages 5 to 18, freed Thursday, and they were released hours later, according to their attorney. According to The San Antonio Express News, they were held at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, one of the largest immigration family detention facilities in the U.S.
