Boulder attack suspect in US illegally: Homeland Security

[Polybius]

Source: ABC News

The man suspected of carrying out an "act of terrorism" during a pro-Israel demonstration in Boulder, Colorado, leaving eight people in the hospital, is in the United States illegally, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The suspect, 45-year-old Mohammed Soliman, entered the U.S. in August 2022 on a B2 visa and he filed for asylum in September 2022, according to Tricia McLaughlin, the assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security.

His B2 visa -- which is typically a tourism visa -- expired in February 2023, McLaughlin said.

Soliman was granted a work permit after his B2 visa expired, a senior official told ABC News. That work permit expired on March 28, so he has been in the country illegally since then, the official said.

Read more: https://abc11.com/post/boulder-attack-suspect-us-illegally-homeland-security/16632491/

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Red meat for MAGAT's, they will talk about this for weeks...

[Initech]

1. Oh shit, it fits the MAGA narrative.

Expect Fox to keep amping up the hysteria to their goons in Congress and Fuckface's cabinet who will in turn go nuclear.

[Demovictory9]

15. It was focus of rightwing talk radio this morning

[k_buddy762]

2. They will say

that if he went home when he was supposed to, he would not have been here to commit the attack.

[Richard D]

3. That sounds pretty radically . . .

. . . true, though I imagine he'll be a guest of the US Government for quite a while to come.

[k_buddy762]

4. Correct on all counts.

[Richard D]

7. I can't help but speculate . . .

. . . on how different the tone of the conversation would be had it been a Jew who had firebombed a free Palestine demonstration . . .

[k_buddy762]

9. We all know exactly what would be in the news....

and what they would be saying about it.

[DENVERPOPS]

5. We here in Denver/Aurora

had another incident that will surely help the MAGAot cause........A teenager, here illegally with his parents, (who also were here illegally), took his parents car and got in an accident killing an innocent driver, in a car stopped at a stop sign.............The kid was not old enough for a license so was driving illegally, at 90 in a residential area with a speed limit of 45. Then, to make matters worse, the Judge gave him probation......

These relatively isolated incidents will be blown out of proportion by the Right Wing Media, as happening everyday, across the entire U.S.

[k_buddy762]

10. I think that they're happening at all

is the problem they have with it.

[generalbetrayus]

6. I sincerely hope the Feds take this case over from the Boulder police department.

This is the police force that totally mishandled the Jon-Benet Ramsey murder investigation. It also sent a police officer to assist a man who went to his estranged wife's apartment in Boulder to recover some of his property. As the police officer stood outside the apartment building, the man went up to the apartment by himself where the estranged wife murdered him.
Also, from today's Boulder Daily Camera:
"The man who attacked eight people Sunday afternoon on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder, according to jail records.
None of the eight victims have died, Boulder police said in a Monday morning update."

[DENVERPOPS]

12. Good call out general!!!!!!!!

The GROSS and FLAGRANT Boulder Police incompetence in the Jon-Benet case should be in the text books for police on WHAT TO DO, AND WHAT NOT TO DO.......especially in preserving a crime scene, for investigation.......
Denver Homicide Detectives, who cover homicide cases daily, offered their help immediately and were indignantly refused by Boulder PD. There are rudimentary, basic rules on preserving the crime scene taught to cops, firefighters, medics etc. And there were a dozen rules that were ignored by Boulder Police, STARTING WITH THE FIRST OFFICER ON SCENE...........and continuing for hours.......

[Richard D]

21. They have

It's now a Federal Hate Crime.

[FredGarvin]

8. Another Trump Fail

Congress should look into this

[maxsolomon]

29. March 28th is on Trump's Watch

Why didn't they stop him?

Clearly the fault of Republicans. Launch a decade-long investigation!

[Retrograde]

11. Sez the same gang who still insist Abrego Garcia is an arch-terrorist

If all they say is true than it should be noted that his latest visa expired when Trump, Noem, and Rubio were in charge, so maybe they should be queried about why they couldn't keep tabs on him? Especially after Elon and his Doges made the government efficient ?

[Paladin]

18. +1000.

trump and his deportation goons were too occupied with kicking hard-working immigrants and small children with severe health issues out of the country. They just didn't have time to deal with this violent terrorist. Motherfuckers.

[Nigrum Cattus]

13. The republican'ts have been in charge of ICE for 4 months

What have they been doing ?
This is all n the right wingers, 100%

[MichMan]

28. Is it your opinion that ICE isn't deporting people fast enough, and needs to step it up?

[moniss]

14. We'll see if they rush him to deportation ahead of his court date like they've

done with so many others while ICE-American Gestapo claimed deportation can never wait for trials.

[fujiyamasan]

16. Why would a Muslim man from Egypt be given asylum in the first place?

Sorry I don’t give a shit about El Sissi being a thug. Almost all leaders are in that region. Muslims are not persecuted in Egypt! Christians on the other hand have been for some time.

Deport him and let the Egyptian authorities take care of him.

There are too many holes in our asylum system. This was never sustainable.

[maxsolomon]

30. He was given a work permit while his Asylum claim was processed.

That permit expired on March 28, 2025.

He's not being deported; he's going to prison, and we'll pay for his room and board until he's 85. THEN he'll be deported.

[fujiyamasan]

32. Thanks for the clarification

I can’t think of a good reason why his application wasn’t thrown out immediately. I think there was a lot of abuse in our asylum system, and unfortunately we’ve swung in another extreme direction, where people will now have their lives at risk (for example, afghan interpretors) if they’re deported.

[LudwigPastorius]

17. Heck of a job, Dog Killer!

But, at least you rounded up a bunch of brown people with tattoos and sent them to a hell hole.

[rickford66]

19. Every report of crime committed by citizens or legal residents should include

"not an illegal immigrant"

[jgmiller]

20. Dem should (and won't) get out ahead of this and question why Trump is allowing people to stay

past their visa expiration dates. Wasn't he the president on March 28th?

[SunSeeker]

22. He came here legally, but overstayed his work permit UNDER TRUMP'S WATCH.

His work petmit expired March 28, 2025. Why didn't Trump deport him then, instead of going after people complying with the law by going to court appearances?

[Figarosmom]

23. Are they serious?

He was illegal for what 2 days? He was a terrorist but to use the fact that his visa ran out just a few days before he went loopy to show that all " these" people are terrorists and need to be deported is a stretch.

[LauraInLA]

24. FYI He overstayed his work visa by about two -months-.

[Figarosmom]

25. You are right

I was thinking May 28.

It's still a stretch.

[LauraInLA]

27. No worries! Definitely a stretch. Except that it happened during Trump's reign, so it's his fault ;).

[MichMan]

26. What was the result of his asylum claim from 2022?

Was it heard?

[maxsolomon]

31. It's likely it was never reviewed.

There are millions to process.