Trump uses the Colorado attack to defend deportations

WashingtonDonald Trump addressed Sunday's incendiary device attack on a pro-Israel event in Boulder, Colorado. The incident, which left eight people injured, has been classified by the FBI as a terrorist attack. Trump was arrested on an expired tourist visa.

"Yesterday's horrific attack in Boulder, Colorado will NOT BE TOLERATED in the United States of America. It entered the country thanks to Biden's ridiculous open border policy, which has done so much damage to our country. With the TRUMP policy, with the TRUMP policy. full force of the law. This is another example of why we must keep our borders SECURE and deport illegal, anti-American radicals from our country. is already in police custody, it is said Mohamed Sabry Soliman and is 45 years old According to the FBI, the man explained that he had been planning the action against the event that is held every week to demand the release of the hostages held by Hamas when he was taken by Soliman. after his arrest he confessed to the agents that he was responsible for the attacks. The individual has been charged with hate crimes, according to court documents. 2022. "The suspect in the Colorado terrorist attack, Mohamed Soliman, is in our country illegally. He entered the country in August 2022 with a B2 visa that expired in February 2023. He applied for asylum in September 2022," he said. written in X the Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin.

The attack occurred near a shopping center in Boulder, a college town west of Denver, where a weekly protest march is held. The injured range in age from 52 to 88. Video footage taken at one point during the attack shows the shirtless suspect calling out to the group, holding what appear to be Molotov cocktails before being arrested. The march was sponsored by the pro-Israel group Run for Their Lives. Witnesses told authorities that the suspect used a "homemade flamethrower and threw an incendiary device into the crowd," according to Mark Michalek, director of the FBI's Denver office.

Several politicians, including Colorado Governor Jared Polis, have called the attack an act of hate. "My thoughts are with those who have been hurt and affected by this heinous act of terrorism," Polis, a Democrat, wrote in a post on X. "Acts of hate, of any kind, are unacceptable."

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries went further, calling the attack "anti-Semitic." "Anti-Semitism has no place in the U.S. or anywhere in the world. of two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC, perpetrated by a young man who also expressed support for Palestine after opening fire on the victims.