White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller speaks during a press briefing on 'restoring common sense' in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2025. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Multiple Department of Homeland Security sources confirmed to Fox News on Sunday night that the suspect, 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, originated from Egypt and came to the United States through Los Angeles International Airport in August 2022 on a tourism visa that was good through Feb. 2023 but overstayed it.
He filed an asylum claim with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in September 2022, and he was given a work permit that lasted from March 2023 to March 2025 – meaning he was given the permit after his visa was overstayed in 2023 and then stayed past that work authorization this year.
The antisemitic terrorist attack resulted in eight injuries after the suspect allegedly set people on fire as they peacefully rallied on behalf of Israeli hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza. Soliman was heard yelling "Free Palestine" and other criticisms of Israel during the attack.
Boulder police taped off an area near the crime scene. (KDVR)
Critics of Biden-era immigration policies have long sounded the alarm on the crime risks stemming from a high flow of migrants and a strain on immigration enforcement at the southern border and beyond.
However, there have also been terror concerns highlighted in the recent past by non-political officials. Although the Boulder suspect did not come through the southern border, Arizona port officials warned in Sept. 2023 that a lack of proper immigration enforcement at ports could lead to a heightened terror risk, The Center Square reported at the time.
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Fox News Digital reported in Oct. 2024 that the 1.7 million migrants could potentially be a national security risk, according to a House Judiciary Committee report.
Fox News’ Landon Mion and Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.
Cameron Arcand is a politics writer at Fox News Digital in Washington D.C. Story tips can be sent to Cameron.Arcand@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cameron_arcand
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