The Trump administration has dispatched federal immigration officers in Colorado to arrest the wife and children of Boulder attack suspect, Mahomed Sabry Soliman.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Tuesday afternoon that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had moved to take into custody the family of Soliman, who was arrested and charged for using a flamethrower to injure 12 people during Sunday’s attack on Pearl Street Mall, where demonstrators were gathering for a weekly “Run for Their Lives” event demanding the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas. Witnesses and investigators say Soliman shouted, “Free Palestine” and “End Zionists” during the assault.
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“Today, @DHSgov and @ICEgov are taking the family of suspected Boulder, Colorado terrorist, and illegal alien, Mohamed Soliman, into ICE custody. This terrorist will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Noem wrote in a post to X Tuesday afternoon.
“We are investigating to what extent his family knew about this heinous attack, if they had knowledge of it, or if they provided support to it,” Noem added. “I am continuing to pray for the victims of this attack and their families. Justice will be served.”
Today, @DHSgov and @ICEGov are taking the family of suspected Boulder, Colorado terrorist, and illegal alien, Mohamed Soliman, into ICE custody.
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) June 3, 2025
This terrorist will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We are investigating to what extent his family knew about this… pic.twitter.com/fcjMiyWil7
DHS confirmed that a reporter’s post on X about the arrest involved Soliman’s wife and all five children. Soliman was a resident of El Paso County, located south of Boulder, which includes Colorado City.
Soliman is an illegal immigrant who entered the United States during the Biden administration and failed to depart when his visa expired, according to a Trump administration official.
“The Colorado Terrorist attack suspect, Mohamed Soliman, is illegally in our country,” DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin wrote in a post to X Monday morning. “He entered the country in August 2022 on a B2 visa that expired on February 2023. He filed for asylum in September 2022.”
Soliman would have entered the U.S. on a B2, nonimmigrant visa, meaning he was approved to stay in the country temporarily. He was reported by multiple media outlets to be of Egyptian origin, though the DHS and ICE did not confirm that detail.
White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller said Soliman had “illegally overstayed” a tourist visa.
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One month after arriving, Soliman reportedly filed an unspecified claim in September 2022 seeking documents to work legally and was granted them in March 2023, according to CNN. His work permit lasted two years.
Soliman was charged on Monday with a federal hate crime after admitting he targeted what he called a “Zionist group” and had planned the assault for a year, according to federal authorities. He will face those charges before any deportation from the U.S.