Trump administration uses Colorado suspect's status to push deportation agenda

[groundloop]

Source: The Guardian

The immigration status of the man who allegedly attacked people with a makeshift flamethrower and other incendiary devices at an event for Israeli hostages in Boulder, Colorado, has become further fodder for the Trump administration’s deportation agenda.

Mohamed Sabry Soliman, a 45-year-old who came to the US in 2022 from Egypt and overstayed his initial tourist visa, according to the US government, allegedly planned his attack on the event specifically to target Zionists, federal authorities said. He shouted “Free Palestine” while carrying out the attack, which the FBI has called an “act of terrorism”, and he was charged on Monday with a federal hate crime.

The attack combines two frequent enemies of the right – anti-Israel speech and actions, and illegal immigration – and is already being used on the right to garner support for more deportations. The response stands in contrast to how the right has reacted to attacks against Palestinians and Muslims in the US and to the conservative response to the war in Gaza. The Trump administration has also used support for Palestinians as an underpinning for deportations among college students.

The Gateway Pundit, a rightwing outlet, is referring to Soliman as “Biden’s Illegal Alien from Egypt”. Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff, said the “terror attack” was committed by an “illegal alien”.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/03/boulder-attack-trump-administration-deportation-agenda

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We all knew that was coming.

[indigoth]

1. Yep. We knew.

The thing is. Even this guy gets his day in court. With all the obvious evidence and his own words … he still gets his day in court.

[timms139]

2. If Trump's goon

squad had been looking for the criminal ones instead of getting easy numbers grabbing hard working legals and citizens this criminal would have been locked up already .Pad the numbers for the right wing mouth pieces just for propaganda is what they are doing trying to show a false pretense and we have the criminal left to carry out this act .

[MichMan]

5. I haven't seen any indication he had a prior criminal record

Can you share a link that shows he has one?

[atreides1]

3. It's strange

The US government has no way of keeping track of people who enter the US with a visitor's visa!

[SunSeeker]

6. He applied for asylum in 2022 and had a work permit, so ICE knew where he lived. nt

[k_buddy762]

4. They just arrested his family

All of them (except dad) will be deported. Dad, after he serves his sentence.

[nycbos]

7. Before we get too upset about this...

… remember that Arabs voted for Trump. I don’t feel sorry for anyone community that voted for Trump and suffers from the consequences of their actions.