Colorado firebomb terror attack suspect was in the US illegally after overstaying his visa, previously applied for asylum: report

The Egyptian national accused of blasting a group of Israeli hostage supporters with a homemade flamethrower and Molotov cocktails during a Colorado solidarity walk Sunday was in the United States illegally after his visa expired in March, according to a report.Terror suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, originally entered the country through the Los Angeles International Airport on Aug.27, 2022, Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement sources told Fox News.Soliman arrived with a non-immigrant visa and was permitted to stay through Feb.

26, 2023, according to the outlet.Instead, he outstayed his original visa.After filing a claim, he was cleared for work authorization by US Citizenship and Immigration Services on March 29, 2023.

But that second chance only lasted through this March, meaning Soliman has remained in the US illegally for a little over two months, Fox reported.“A terror attack was committed in Boulder, Colorado by an illegal alien.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,” White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller wrote on X.

Soliman’s LAX landing wasn’t his first attempt to enter the country.In 2005, the Egyptian was denied a visa to enter the country, law enforcement officials told CNN.It is unclear if he tried again before 2022, when he was ultimately approved.The Department of Homeland Security is working alongside the FBI to investigate the “terrorist attack,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed.Soliman was arrested and identified as the suspect in the fiery attack against a group of people, largely comprised of the elderly, participating in a walk for the Israeli hostages still being held captive by Hamas.He was allegedly waiting for the group at one of their scheduled stops on their walk.

Pictures showed a shirtless Soliman holding two bottles o...