A Juxtaposition of Tragedies
Not all illegal-alien criminals are border-jumpers
By Dan Cadman on June 5, 2025
The juxtaposition of two tragedies involving aliens struck me with particular force today.
The first case will almost certainly be familiar to readers: that of Egyptian national Mohamed Sabry Soliman, now under arrest on a multiplicity of terrorism and hate crime charges after an incident in Boulder, Colo., in which he used a crude homemade “flamethrower” and Molotov cocktails to seriously wound several people participating in a rally in support of the hostages still held captive by the Hamas.
Soliman came to the United States on a visitor’s visa (apparently with his family), overstayed, filed an application for asylum, was granted work authorization, and apparently was awaiting adjudication of the asylum claim when he undertook his violent actions while shouting “Free Palestine”. News reports indicate that before resorting to the incendiary devices, Soliman attempted to buy a gun, but was denied because he was not lawfully in the country.
The second case is not so well-known: Felipe Gomes, a Belmont, Calif., police officer has been arrested and charged with rape. As if this were not shocking enough, it turns out that this police officer is a Brazilian national who entered the U.S. on a nonimmigrant visa, was granted a work permit. Worse, he had been charged previously with domestic abuse (although not convicted), which led other police agencies to reject his application. One of the rejecting police chiefs went so far as to alert Chief Stenquist of the Belmont Police, who proceeded to hire him anyway.
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