{"id":1501047,"date":"2026-04-26T07:48:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T12:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1501047"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T20:11:13","slug":"federal-judges-order-pause-of-egyptian-familys-deportation-after-ice-re-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1501047","title":{"rendered":"Federal judges order pause of Egyptian family\u2019s deportation after ICE re-arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

DILLEY (THE TEXAS TRIBUNE) – A flight carrying an Egyptian family to Michigan late Saturday abruptly turned around after a Texas judge ruled that the six should remain in the U.S. pending further litigation.<\/p>\n

The last-minute reversal was the most recent development in a dizzying series of events this week that attorneys said added to ongoing questions over the executive\u2019s power compared to the judiciary when it comes to President Donald Trump\u2019s purview of immigration and his administration\u2019s push for expanded deportations.<\/p>\n

A Texas federal judge Saturday ruled that the family, believed to be the longest held at the controversial South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, should not immediately be deported after immigration agents suddenly re-arrested the mother and her children hours earlier.\u00a0A second order by a federal judge in Colorado was issued Saturday evening, reiterating that the family should not be deported.<\/p>\n

The rulings came as the family was on a plane to Michigan, from where the government ostensibly planned to quickly deport them to Egypt, where their attorneys said the mother and her children fear persecution.<\/p>\n