"There is no precedent in the history of the United States for the type of collective family-based punishment," Eric Lee, an attorney for Soliman's wife and kids, said.

The family of the man accused of attacking a group of people Sunday with Molotov cocktails and a makeshift flamethrower has been taken into ICE custody and are being processed, a DHS official confirmed to CNN Tuesday.

The family of the Egyptian national charged with tossing gasoline bombs at a pro-Israeli rally in Colorado was taken into federal custody on Tuesday and could be quickly deported, officials said. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a social media video post that ICE had taken into custody the family of Mohamed Sabry Soliman,