Biden's Agencies Dodge How Texas Terrorist Was Allowed to Enter U.S.
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President Joe Biden’s federal agencies are dodging the question of how 44-year-old Malik Faisal Akram, the British terrorist behind a hostage standoff last weekend, was allowed to enter the United States from the United Kingdom.
On January 15 in Colleyville, Texas, Akram took four Americans hostage inside the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue. Following an 11-hour standoff, a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Hostage Rescue Team was able to rescue all four hostages while Akram was shot and killed by agents.
Immediately, reports circulated as to how Akram — with a lengthy criminal record and who was being monitored by British intelligence agencies — arrived in the U. S.
“How was it that someone with an apparent criminal record and suspicious travel history was allowed into the United States to begin with?” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy asked in a news release on Tuesday.
To date, the only confirmed information states that Akram arrived in the U. S. on December 29 via a flight from the U.K. That flight landed at John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport in New York City, New York. Investigators believe Akram stayed in New York City for a few days before traveling to Dallas, Texas, where he ended up in a homeless shelter before taking hostages at the synagogue.
Still unclear is how Akram was allowed to enter the U. S. A federal official who spoke anonymously to the Associated Press (AP) has said Akram was granted a B-2 tourist visa. British media, though, has reported that investigators believe Akram lied about his criminal record to secure a visa waiver as part of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP).
“Biden should proactively release entire immigration and [criminal] history,” former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official Jon Feere wrote in a statement.
The VWP allows foreign nationals from 40 different countries around the globe to come to the U. S. without having to secure a visa beforehand. Foreign nationals on the VWP are allowed to stay for up to 90 days, though thousands overstay and become illegal aliens.
Since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, presidents have routinely expanded the VWP. In 2019, for... (Read more)
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