The suspect in the Colorado terror attack is an Egyptian foreign national who overstayed his visa and work permit that he received under the Biden administration.
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was arrested after allegedly yelling “Free Palestine” and using a makeshift flamethrower on Sunday to attack participants in Boulder, Colo., holding a vigil for Israeli hostages in Gaza, injuring six. The FBI has called it a targeted terror attack.
Three Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sources told Fox News on Sunday that Soliman is an Egyptian national who overstayed his visa after entering the U.S. under the Biden administration.
Soliman first arrived in the U.S. in August 2022 with a non-immigrant visa and was authorized to stay through Feb. 2, 2023, but he didn’t leave. He then filed a claim with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Sept. 9, 2022. Soliman was granted work authorization on March 29, 2023, which was valid through this past March.
“The Biden Admin granted the alien a visa and then, when he illegally overstayed, they gave him a work permit,” White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller posted on X on Sunday. “Immigration security is national security. No more hostile migration. Keep them out and send them back.”
