Mohamed Sabry Soliman is seen being taken into custody on June 1, 2025. (@BHflyer5 via Storyful)
"Since the Biden-Harris Administration’s failed open border policies have welcomed potential terrorists into our nation, we’re working to combat these threats and safeguard Americans in their own backyards," Turner and Green said in a joint statement in August 2024 in response to the report.
Meanwhile, the FBI has previously issued similar concerns about foreign terrorists entering the U.S. and conducting attacks against American citizens.
"I have warned for some time now about the threat that foreign terrorists may seek to exploit our southwest border or some other port of entry to advance a plot against Americans," former FBI Director Christopher Wray told the House Judiciary Committee in April 2024. "Just last month, for instance, the Bureau and our joint terrorism task forces worked with ICE in multiple cities across the country as several individuals with suspected international terrorist ties were arrested using ICE’s immigration authorities."
Wray said in 2024 that those arrests involved hundreds of FBI employees to properly identify dangerous individuals. However, the use of false documents from those crossing the border amplifies concerns related to terrorism threats and makes it even more challenging for FBI employees to track down, Wray said.
An Israeli flag is fixed to a street sign as police stand by Pearl Street on the scene of an attack on demonstrators calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, in Boulder, Colorado, June 1, 2025. (Eli Imadali/AFP via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, the Trump administration has chastised the Biden administration for its immigration policies that facilitated Soliman’s entry to the U.S.
"A terror attack was committed in Boulder, Colorado by an illegal alien," White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller wrote on X. "He was granted a tourist visa by the Biden Administration and then he illegally overstayed that visa. In response, the Biden Administration gave him a work permit. Suicidal migration must be fully reversed."
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Meanwhile, Green described the attack as a "wake-up call" regarding growing terror threats jeopardizing safety in the U.S.
"This is another wake-up call to the heightened terror threat facing the United States — and to the fact that the enemies of freedom are persistent," Green said in a statement Sunday. "I am requesting a briefing from DHS for House Homeland Security Committee members as soon as department officials are available to provide one."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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