{"id":2089363,"date":"2023-11-03T17:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T21:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/middle-eastern-national-arrested-in-texas-police-say-he-was-planning-a-big-attack\/"},"modified":"2023-11-03T17:06:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T21:06:05","slug":"middle-eastern-national-arrested-in-texas-police-say-he-was-planning-a-big-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/middle-eastern-national-arrested-in-texas-police-say-he-was-planning-a-big-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle Eastern national apprehended in Texas, suspected of plotting major attack, according to police."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmiddle-eastern-national-arrested-in-texas-police-say-he-was-planning-a-big-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2089363&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Another Example of How Lax Immigration Policies Put American Lives at Risk<\/h2>\n<p>Our country&#8217;s lax \u2063immigration \u200dpolicies continue to \u200dendanger American lives, as demonstrated by a \u2064recent incident in Houston.<\/p>\n<p>According\u200b to \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jordanian-texas-weapons-possibly-to-commit-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>,\u200b federal authorities arrested a 20-year-old Jordanian national named Sohaib Abuayyash, who was allegedly planning an attack on\u2063 Jews.<\/p>\n<p>Abuayyash was taken into custody on \u2064October\u200d 19 and charged with unlawful possession of \u2062a firearm. Court \u200bdocuments revealed that he had received weapons training \u2064with the intention of carrying \u2062out an attack.<\/p>\n<p>According to a federal judge&#8217;s detention order, Abuayyash had made concerning \u200bremarks about \u200c&#8221;martyrdom&#8221;\u200b and \u200dhad \u200dreferenced a specific religious event in Houston. Law enforcement \u2062sources also indicated that he was\u2062 planning to target\u2064 a\u200c Jewish gathering.<\/p>\n<p>The judge&#8217;s order \u2062also mentioned that Abuayyash\u2064 had\u200d accessed \u200cextremist content online, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/middle-eastern-national-arrested-in-texas-police-say-he-was-planning-a-big-attack\/\" title=\"Middle Eastern national apprehended in Texas, suspected of plotting major attack, according to police.\">including bomb-making instructions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was discovered that Abuayyash had applied for asylum in the U.S. after his visa expired\u2064 in 2019. Although he was authorized to work in the country, he was prohibited from possessing\u2062 firearms.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the authorities&#8217; swift action, Abuayyash was \u2063detained on the gun charge and is currently being \u2063held \u2062without bail while further investigations take place.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jordanian national\u2064 arrested in Houston allegedly planned attack on Jews <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fmCU8dK072\">https:\/\/t.co\/fmCU8dK072<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Da1uCZrTfT\">pic.twitter.com\/Da1uCZrTfT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1720431946948304984?\">November 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray addressed Abuayyash&#8217;s\u200b case during his testimony\u200b before the Senate Committee \u200don Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Would You Be \u200cInterested in an Online Merchandise\u200b Store by The Western Journal?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this \u200dpoll entitles you\u200d to The Western\u2062 Journal\u200d news \u200cupdates free of charge \u200bvia email. You may\u2064 opt out at anytime. You also agree to our\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: \u200d0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 100% (1 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction\u200d ffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name=cname +\u2064 &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar decodedCookie=decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar\u2064 ca=decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i=0; i <ca.length i var c=\"ca[i];\" while if return c.substring c.length function ffp_setcookie cvalue exdays d=\"new\" date d.settime expires=\"expires=\" d.toutcstring document.cookie=\"cname\" window.ff_poll_voted=\"false;\" voted_cookie_name=\"firefly_voted_3516896\" ff_poll_submit event event.preventdefault fireflypoll=\"jQuery(\" fireflypollcontainer=\"jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\" pollformbox=\"jQuery('#pollFormBox');\" ffp_getcookie fireflypollcontainer.addclass to assign url here as it was defined only in firefly. firefly_ajax_url=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" posting=\"jQuery.post(\" jquery event.target the datalayer window.datalayer=\"window.dataLayer\" window.datalayer.push poll vote posting.done response response.success yes_el=\"document.getElementById(\" no_el=\"document.getElementById(\" yes_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.yes\" yes_el.innerhtml=\"Yes: \" response.data.percents.yes response.data.votes.yes votes no_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.no\" no_el.innerhtml=\"No: \" response.data.percents.no response.data.votes.no fireflypoll.remove pollformbox.hide document.getelementbyid fireflypollcontainer.removeclass else emailfield=\"document.querySelector(\" input emailfield.required=\"false;\" emailfield.style.display=\"none\" border: solid padding: margin-left: margin-right: margin-bottom: width: float: left background: border-radius: margin-top: padding-top: padding-bottom: padding-left: background-color: border-color: cursor: pointer lightgrey white-space: nowrap .firefly-poll-question font-weight: bold font-size: .firefly-poll-disclaimer max-width:><\/p>\n<p>During\u2062 his \u200dtestimony, Wray expressed concern\u200c that the\u2062 ongoing conflicts \u200din the Middle\u200d East could inspire\u2062 &#8220;violent extremists&#8221; to carry out attacks \u2062on\u200d Americans, including domestic extremists targeting Jewish \u2063or Muslim\u200b communities. He specifically referenced \u2062the case of Abuayyash, who had expressed support for killing\u200d Jews and \u200bhad been studying bomb-making techniques.<\/p>\n<p>Wray had \u2063previously warned that\u2063 the terrorism threat \u2064has been elevated in 2023, and the ongoing war in the Middle East has increased\u200c the \u200crisk of attacks \u200con \u200dAmerican soil.<\/p>\n<p>While credit is due to the FBI\u2062 for their handling of this case, it is undeniable that our open southern border has made our nation more vulnerable than ever before. We are currently engaged in multiple conflicts and have \u2063essentially invited our\u200c enemies to enter \u200cour country without\u2064 proper vetting. This \u200csituation is a \u2063disaster waiting \u2064to happen.<\/p>\n<p>At \u200bthis moment, the\u200d Jewish community\u2062 is particularly\u200b at risk.\u200b Wray highlighted that\u200c terrorist organizations across the spectrum target the\u200b Jewish community, and hate crimes against them account for a disproportionate percentage\u2064 of all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-chief-christopher-wray-fears-hamas-attacks-could-inspire-terrorism-in-u-s\/\" title=\"FBI Chief Wray concerned about Hamas attacks inspiring US terrorism.\">religious-based hate crimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We can be grateful that Abuayyash \u2062was apprehended before he \u200ccould \u200bcontribute\u200d to these alarming statistics in \u200bHouston.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>An\u200c Urgent\u2062 Note from Our Staff:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u200d Western Journal has been labeled \u201cdangerous\u201d\u200b simply because we have a biblical worldview and speak \u2064the truth about what is happening in America.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We refuse to let\u200c Big Tech \u200cand woke advertisers dictate the content we share with our community. 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It is crucial that we take immediate action to secure our borders and enforce stricter immigration policies to protect the lives and safety of all Americans, regardless of their religious \u200bor ethnic \u2063background.<\/p>\n<p>The incident in Houston serves as yet another tragic reminder of the potential risks associated with lax immigration policies. It is clear\u200d that\u2062 Abuayyash, a Jordanian national, was able to enter and remain in the country despite having an expired visa. This situation raises serious\u200b questions \u2062about the effectiveness of our immigration system\u2064 and the vetting process for individuals seeking asylum.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u200d is important to offer refuge and assistance to those fleeing persecution and \u2062violence,\u2064 it is\u200b equally important to prioritize national security\u2062 and \u200bthe \u2062safety of American citizens.\u2062 Allowing individuals with potentially dangerous intentions \u2062to enter \u200dour country poses a significant threat \u2064that should not be taken lightly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our lax immigration policies continue to jeopardize American lives. CBS News reports that a 20-year-old Jordanian national, Sohaib Abuayyash, was arrested in Houston for plotting an attack on Jews. 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