A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a halt to the deportation of the family of the Egyptian man charged after an antisemitic attack in Boulder, Colorado – a day after the White House said the family’s deportation was imminent.

A federal judge in Colorado on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting the wife and five children of the suspect in a fire-bomb attack in Boulder, Colorado. U.S. District Court Judge Gordon Gallagher said in an order that deporting the family without adequate process could cause "irreparable harm.

(Reuters) -Lawyers representing the wife and children of the Egyptian national charged with tossing gasoline bombs at a pro-Israeli rally in Colorado sued the U.S. government on Wednesday, seeking to release the family from custody and block their deportation, the New York Times reported, citing a court filing.