A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the deportation of the wife and five children of an Egyptian man accused in a firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday.

U.S. District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher granted the family’s request to pause deportation proceedings after immigration officials took them into federal custody on Tuesday.

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Mohamed Sabry Soliman faces federal hate crime charges and state attempted murder charges related to the incident, which targeted a solidarity walk for Israeli hostages taken into Gaza during the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks.

The family was being processed for removal proceedings on Wednesday, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.