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Polybius

(21,394 posts)
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 11:03 AM Jun 2025

Boulder attack suspect in US illegally: Homeland Security

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/



Red meat for MAGAT's, they will talk about this for weeks...
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Boulder attack suspect in US illegally: Homeland Security (Original Post) Polybius Jun 2025 OP
Oh shit, it fits the MAGA narrative. Initech Jun 2025 #1
It was focus of rightwing talk radio this morning Demovictory9 Jun 2025 #15
They will say k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #2
That sounds pretty radically . . . Richard D Jun 2025 #3
Correct on all counts. k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #4
I can't help but speculate . . . Richard D Jun 2025 #7
We all know exactly what would be in the news.... k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #9
Yes, 3 hots, and a cot. Bastard! electric_blue68 Jun 2025 #33
We here in Denver/Aurora DENVERPOPS Jun 2025 #5
I think that they're happening at all k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #10
I sincerely hope the Feds take this case over from the Boulder police department. generalbetrayus Jun 2025 #6
Good call out general!!!!!!!! DENVERPOPS Jun 2025 #12
They have Richard D Jun 2025 #21
Another Trump Fail FredGarvin Jun 2025 #8
March 28th is on Trump's Watch maxsolomon Jun 2025 #29
Sez the same gang who still insist Abrego Garcia is an arch-terrorist Retrograde Jun 2025 #11
+1000. Paladin Jun 2025 #18
The republican'ts have been in charge of ICE for 4 months Nigrum Cattus Jun 2025 #13
Is it your opinion that ICE isn't deporting people fast enough, and needs to step it up? MichMan Jun 2025 #28
We'll see if they rush him to deportation ahead of his court date like they've moniss Jun 2025 #14
Why would a Muslim man from Egypt be given asylum in the first place? fujiyamasan Jun 2025 #16
He was given a work permit while his Asylum claim was processed. maxsolomon Jun 2025 #30
Thanks for the clarification fujiyamasan Jun 2025 #32
Heck of a job, Dog Killer! LudwigPastorius Jun 2025 #17
Every report of crime committed by citizens or legal residents should include rickford66 Jun 2025 #19
Dem should (and won't) get out ahead of this and question why Trump is allowing people to stay jgmiller Jun 2025 #20
He came here legally, but overstayed his work permit UNDER TRUMP'S WATCH. SunSeeker Jun 2025 #22
Are they serious? Figarosmom Jun 2025 #23
FYI He overstayed his work visa by about two -months-. LauraInLA Jun 2025 #24
You are right Figarosmom Jun 2025 #25
No worries! Definitely a stretch. Except that it happened during Trump's reign, so it's his fault ;). LauraInLA Jun 2025 #27
What was the result of his asylum claim from 2022? MichMan Jun 2025 #26
It's likely it was never reviewed. maxsolomon Jun 2025 #31

Initech

(107,241 posts)
1. Oh shit, it fits the MAGA narrative.
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 11:14 AM
Jun 2025

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

 

k_buddy762

(638 posts)
2. They will say
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 11:14 AM
Jun 2025

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

 

Richard D

(10,018 posts)
3. That sounds pretty radically . . .
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 11:21 AM
Jun 2025

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

 

Richard D

(10,018 posts)
7. I can't help but speculate . . .
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 11:41 AM
Jun 2025

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

 

k_buddy762

(638 posts)
9. We all know exactly what would be in the news....
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 11:47 AM
Jun 2025

and what they would be saying about it.

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
5. We here in Denver/Aurora
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 11:36 AM
Jun 2025

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.

generalbetrayus

(1,484 posts)
6. I sincerely hope the Feds take this case over from the Boulder police department.
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 11:40 AM
Jun 2025

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

(13,003 posts)
12. Good call out general!!!!!!!!
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 12:16 PM
Jun 2025

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.......

maxsolomon

(38,108 posts)
29. March 28th is on Trump's Watch
Tue Jun 3, 2025, 05:58 PM
Jun 2025

Why didn't they stop him?

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

Retrograde

(11,371 posts)
11. Sez the same gang who still insist Abrego Garcia is an arch-terrorist
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 12:04 PM
Jun 2025

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

(32,208 posts)
18. +1000.
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 01:00 PM
Jun 2025

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

(1,195 posts)
13. The republican'ts have been in charge of ICE for 4 months
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 12:38 PM
Jun 2025

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

moniss

(8,604 posts)
14. We'll see if they rush him to deportation ahead of his court date like they've
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 12:40 PM
Jun 2025

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

fujiyamasan

(1,119 posts)
16. Why would a Muslim man from Egypt be given asylum in the first place?
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 12:51 PM
Jun 2025

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

(38,108 posts)
30. He was given a work permit while his Asylum claim was processed.
Tue Jun 3, 2025, 06:01 PM
Jun 2025

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

(1,119 posts)
32. Thanks for the clarification
Wed Jun 4, 2025, 12:16 AM
Jun 2025

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

(14,047 posts)
17. Heck of a job, Dog Killer!
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 12:58 PM
Jun 2025

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

rickford66

(6,032 posts)
19. Every report of crime committed by citizens or legal residents should include
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 01:07 PM
Jun 2025

"not an illegal immigrant"

jgmiller

(669 posts)
20. Dem should (and won't) get out ahead of this and question why Trump is allowing people to stay
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 01:29 PM
Jun 2025

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

SunSeeker

(57,441 posts)
22. He came here legally, but overstayed his work permit UNDER TRUMP'S WATCH.
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 03:10 PM
Jun 2025

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

(9,642 posts)
23. Are they serious?
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 03:24 PM
Jun 2025

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

(2,248 posts)
27. No worries! Definitely a stretch. Except that it happened during Trump's reign, so it's his fault ;).
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 06:41 PM
Jun 2025
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