The Washington Examiner’s Joe Concha rebuked the legacy media’s coverage of the terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado.
The suspect in the attack, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, is an Egyptian national who overstayed his B2 nonimmigrant visa after it expired in February 2023. Concha noted how the Biden administration gave Soliman two work permits after his visa expired, which he called a “huge problem” for how long it could take to deport all of the nation’s illegal immigrants.
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“And then when the family, it was announced by the White House, was also going to be deported, the family of the suspect, this is what USA Today wrote, this is the headline: ‘Border suspect’s daughter dreamed of studying medicine; now she faces deportation,’” Concha, a senior writer for the Washington Examiner, said on Fox Business’s Kudlow. “In other words, she’s the victim here.”
Concha also highlighted NBC’s coverage of the attack, specifically how the media outlet tried to connect it to Elon Musk. While the the attack’s suspect set victims on fire using “a makeshift flamethrower,” NBC claimed flamethrowers are commercially available for sale and that Musk’s company used to sell flamethrowers.
“So yeah, you want to talk about the media beclowning themselves once again, they’re proving their rock bottom has a basement,” Concha stated.
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The White House has said that Soliman’s wife and five children will be deported, but a federal judge on Wednesday evening granted the family’s request to pause deportation proceedings. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement took custody of Soliman on Tuesday after he was booked into the Boulder County Jail and was held on a $10 million bond.
Following the attack, acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said the Trump administration is shifting focus to target visa overstayers.