President Donald Trump’s administration is taking aggressive new steps to target foreign nationals who have remained in the United States beyond the expiration of their visas. This action follows a recent terror incident in Boulder, Colorado, in which the alleged perpetrator is an Egyptian national who overstayed his visa.
On Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem declared that the agency would intensify its scrutiny of immigration files to identify individuals who have not exited the country after their visas expired.
For years, DHS has reported that millions of illegal aliens living in the U.S. originally entered legally with temporary visas but failed to leave when required. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people are added to this population due to visa overstays.
This renewed enforcement initiative follows the arrest of 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian national accused of launching a violent attack with a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails during a peaceful rally in support of Israel in Boulder.
Soliman, now in federal custody along with his relatives, is facing serious charges, including attempted murder and hate crimes, for allegedly targeting Jewish attendees and pro-Israel demonstrators—among them a Holocaust survivor.
“There is no room in the United States for the rest of the world’s terrorist sympathizers,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement. “Anyone who thinks they can come to America and advocate for antisemitic violence and terrorism – think again. You are not welcome here. We will find you, deport you, and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.”
According to immigration authorities, Soliman legally entered the country through Los Angeles International Airport on a tourist visa in August 2022. That visa expired in February 2023, but he failed to leave, thus violating federal immigration laws and becoming unlawfully present.
Despite the expiration of his visa, records show that Joe Biden’s administration granted Soliman a work authorization in March 2023. That work permit was valid for one year and expired in March 2024.
This was not Soliman’s first attempt to enter the United States. Two decades ago, he applied for a visa and was denied.

{Matzav.com}