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Soliman’s work-authorization document expired in March, according to DHS, and it’s not clear why he failed to renew it. The lapse meant that it would have been illegal for Soliman to work, but the change would not have affected his immigration status, which was tied to his pending asylum claim and not to the work document, according to Paul Hunker, the former lead counsel for ICE in Dallas.
...A month before that, after an arson attack at the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion on the first night of Passover, Trump’s response was delayed and muted. He made no Truth Social post, waited a week to call Governor Josh Shapiro—a Democrat angling to be one of the party’s leading Trump critics–—and dismissed the suspect as “probably just a whack job” without assigning any sort of blame. That response was not atypical for Trump, who has been slow to denounce political violence against Democrats (such as the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband, an assault that Trump later turned into a punch line at his rallies) or committed in his name (the January 6 insurrection).
...Yesterday, in Colorado, U.S. District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher
blocked the Trump administration from immediately deporting Soliman’s wife, Hayam El Gamal, and their children, ordering ICE to follow standard due process. Gallagher, a Biden appointee, has scheduled a hearing for June 13. ICE records show that El Gamal and her children are being held at a family-detention center in Dilley, Texas.
Should Soliman's family be punished for Soliman's deed?