A federal judge in Denver issued an order Wednesday to prevent the deportation of the wife and five children of the Egyptian man suspected in the firebombing attack on demonstrators in Boulder who were calling for the release of Israeli hostages.

U.S. District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher granted a request from the family of Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, to halt deportation proceedings for his wife and children, who were taken into federal custody Tuesday by U.S. immigration officials.

Eric Lee, an attorney for the family, said Wednesday that Soliman’s wife and children should not be punished for his actions, and noted they appeared to have a pending asylum case that allowed them to remain legally in the United States.

“It’s a basic principle of any democracy that individual responsibility is

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