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Definitely think that should happen as presumably they are also in the country illegally.
Colorado, US - 'targeted terror attack’, FBI investigating after reports people injured, June 1 2025
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I know they issue International Driver's Permits....but a license I haven't a clue.
At this afternoon's press conference, a journalist asked about the family and their immigration status. The response was that the wife was cooperating with the investigation (LE searched their home last night/computers, etc.) and that the question would be best addressed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
I don't know about anywhere else, but in the UK you could drive here for a year on a US license (applies to people from various other countries too) After that time I think you have to apply for a license here.
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At the press conference this afternoon, a journalist asked about the issue of a terrorism charge, and if that would no longer apply since he has been charged by the feds with a hate crime. The reply was that additional charges could be filed as the investigation continues.
Hmm.
IMO as a layperson, it should be a terrorism charge. Of course it is a hate crime as well, but that is often the charge when someone just SAYS something hateful to someone because of their race or religion.
This beast tried to kill people who were silently walking in a vigil to support the hostages still held by Hamas. I agree with the counts of attempted murder, but to me it is terrorism as well.
I say this as someone whose daughter worked a few blocks away on 9/11 and who knew 10 people who were killed there. Those who survived were still victimized by terrorists.
Holocaust survivor among the Boulder attack victims
A survivor of the Holocaust was among the victims in an alleged "act of terrorism" carried out during a pro-Israel demonstration in Boulder, Colorado.
Apparently one of the injured in Boulder is a Holocaust survivor. I guess it must be the 88-year old. How should this person be expected to cope with having been hunted as a child and now as an elderly person, all because of his or her religion?
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Absolutely and we have his own words to confirm this. He said he wanted to kill all the Zionists, and he said he would do it again. It can't get any clearer what he intended and his reason why.. THAT is terrorism.
I am glad his wife is cooperating. I do wonder if she had any idea just how extreme his views were. I won't lump her in to this just because she is his wife. Hearing he was waiting for his child's graduation,. just sad for all of them also. The fact he left them messages does make me wonder if they just had no idea and he had to leave a message for them because they were likely going to have questions as to what the heck he was doing.
So sad that a holocaust survivor was living here in America where I am sure they felt it would be safer and then this happens. An 88 year old who survived autrosities most of us can't even grasp and then here where they should be safe they are attacked in this horrific way.
I agree, it is both a terrorism and a hate crime, so I guess we'll see how the feds move forward. I wonder if they will choose the crime that has the most severe punishment, as long as they have the evidence, of course.Hmm.
IMO as a layperson, it should be a terrorism charge. Of course it is a hate crime as well, but that is often the charge when someone just SAYS something hateful to someone because of their race or religion.
This beast tried to kill people who were silently walking in a vigil to support the hostages still held by Hamas. I agree with the counts of attempted murder, but to me it is terrorism as well.
I say this as someone whose daughter worked a few blocks away on 9/11 and who knew 10 people who were killed there. Those who survived were still victimized by terrorists.
Holocaust survivor among the Boulder attack victims
A survivor of the Holocaust was among the victims in an alleged "act of terrorism" carried out during a pro-Israel demonstration in Boulder, Colorado.abcnews.go.com
Apparently one of the injured in Boulder is a Holocaust survivor. I guess it must be the 88-year old. How should this person be expected to cope with having been hunted as a child and now as an elderly person, all because of his or her religion?
I’m very thankful to @justtrish and all the members here who are supportive.
JMO
Just a note on what constitutes a hate crime. A hate crime is a crime motivated by bias against race, color, religion, national origin, gender, etc., it's not a crime to express your hate without committing a crime, that would constitute free speech.
I know you know this, but since it wasn't clear in the
post, I wanted to add that for the record. It might be a crime in some other countries, but not in the U.S. where free speech is protected in the Constitution.
The family of the Egyptian national charged with attempted murder after an antisemitic Molotov cocktail attack in Colorado has been taken into ICE custody and are being processed, a DHS official confirmed to CNN Tuesday.
Boulder suspect's wife, kids in ICE custody: DHS
The wife and children of Boulder, Colorado, terrorism suspect Mohamed Soliman are in the custody of ICE and the family is being processed for expedited removal, according to a DHS official.
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The wife and children of Boulder, Colorado, terrorism suspect Mohamed Soliman are in the custody of ICE and the family is being processed for expedited removal, according to a DHS official.
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Good. Nice to see the law being followed.Boulder suspect's wife, kids in ICE custody: DHS
The wife and children of Boulder, Colorado, terrorism suspect Mohamed Soliman are in the custody of ICE and the family is being processed for expedited removal, according to a DHS official.
June 3, 2025
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The wife and children of Boulder, Colorado, terrorism suspect Mohamed Soliman are in the custody of ICE and the family is being processed for expedited removal, according to a DHS official.
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So this man tried for so long to get into the US, like millions of people do, had achieved it, had a family settled here, graduating schools, and he decided to throw it away to protest something going on in another country.
That's a good summary. But I think there must have been something else going on so that he was not thinking rationally. No one does something like that unless they have some very deep-seated hatred. I do have room for sympathy for his family, assuming of course they did not know his plans in advance.
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His hateful idealogy wasn't a secret. For at least a decade he's been posting all sorts of radical stuff.
I don't think he threw anything away. I think he did what he'd planned to do all along.
Colorado terror attack suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman praised radical Islamist group Muslim Brotherhood on social media
Suspected Colorado terrorist Mohamed Sabry Soliman had praised radical Islamist group Muslim Brotherhood on social media in the years before allegedly carrying out his heinous antisemitic firebombi…
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This makes me wonder how did he ever get a work visa to come to the US? If that was his known views and what he openly posted, then why did we let him in? So preventable and I am glad he didn't succeed in killing anyone, but his actions will have lasting impact on his victims and Jewish citizens who have had yet another whacko harm them for no other reason than they are Jewish.His hateful idealogy wasn't a secret. For at least a decade he's been posting all sorts of radical stuff.
I don't think he threw anything away. I think he did what he'd planned to do all along.
Colorado terror attack suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman praised radical Islamist group Muslim Brotherhood on social media
Suspected Colorado terrorist Mohamed Sabry Soliman had praised radical Islamist group Muslim Brotherhood on social media in the years before allegedly carrying out his heinous antisemitic firebombi…
I don't think the US was looking at social media back then. Should we have been doing that? Perhaps. But we place a high value on free speech in this country and I think perhaps we should practice what we preach.
His posts were supporting the Muslim Brotherhood which the United States had NOT designated a foreign terrorist organization at the time. We still have not as far as I am aware. Many countries have. They are a political party in Egypt from my understanding. In fact his specific posts were in support of Mohamed Morsi, which the United States government also officially supported as Egyptian president.
I'm not defending the guy or his actions at all. But I do think it is a slippery slope to select people who can enter the country based on their political thoughts. We have recently barred entry to a French scientist simply because he had anti-Trump messages on his phone. Should we ban Germans that are not from the far right party? I mean, it's really a slippery slope to start picking people based on their political affiliations.
https://www.state.gov › foreign-terrorist-organizations
https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-french-scientist-detained
https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/03/egypt-obama-us-mohamed-morsi-crisis
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Holocaust survivor burned in Colorado terror attack breaks her silence
Barbara Steinmetz, an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor who was burned in the shocking terror attack in Boulder, Colorado broke her silence with a message of unity.
The 88-year-old said she and other members of the Run for their Lives event were 'peacefully' demonstrating when the attack unfolded.
'It's about what the hell is going on in our country,' Steinmetz continued. 'What the hell is going on?'
Steinmetz's family fled Italy and Hungary to escape the Nazis decades ago, but said the attack on Sunday had 'nothing to do with the Holocaust, it has to do with a human being that wants to burn other people.'
The outlet said Steinmetz appeared to still be rattled by the shock attack, but said she just wanted 'people to be nice and decent to each other, kind, respectful, encompassing.'
'We’re Americans,' she said. 'We are better than this. That’s what I want them to know. That they be kind and decent human beings
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"Protest"
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the government to immediately halt deportation proceedings against the wife and five children of a man charged in the firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado, responding to what the judge called an urgent situation to ensure the protection of the family's constitutional rights.
U.S. District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher granted a request from the family of Mohamed Sabry Soliman to block their deportation, after U.S. immigration officials took them into federal custody Tuesday.
They overstayed their tourist visa, and if that can be proven by DHS, then they are here illegally and that is the due process they should be afforded, and then they can be deported.
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