{"id":2442096,"date":"2025-06-03T07:40:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T11:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-moves-in-on-illegal-immigrants-who-overstay-visas-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T07:41:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T11:41:02","slug":"ice-moves-in-on-illegal-immigrants-who-overstay-visas-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-moves-in-on-illegal-immigrants-who-overstay-visas-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE moves in on illegal immigrants who overstay visas- Washington Examiner"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fice-moves-in-on-illegal-immigrants-who-overstay-visas-washington-examiner%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=2442096&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--><p>In response to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-reject-measure-to-provide-funds-for-israels-iron-dome-block-attempts-to-sanction-hamas-reports\/\" title=\"Democrats Reject Measure To Provide Funds For Israel\u2019s Iron Dome, Block Attempts To Sanction Hamas: Reports\">recent terrorist attack<\/a> in Boulder, Colorado, where an Egyptian visa overstayer targeted Jewish residents, U.S. Immigration and customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced a crackdown on individuals who have overstayed their visas. Todd Lyons, teh acting director of ICE, stated that there is a concerted effort to identify and arrest those individuals who have violated immigration laws, emphasizing the urgency of this initiative to prevent future incidents. <\/p>\n<p>The move marks a shift from previous immigration enforcement policies, which primarily focused on illegal border crossings. The Biden governance has expressed commitment to addressing all forms of illegal immigration, including visa overstayers. The attacker, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, entered the U.S.on a B2 visa that expired earlier this year and is now <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-of-ahmaud-arbery-files-civil-lawsuit-on-anniversary-of-sons-killing\/\" title=\"Mother Of Ahmaud Arbery Files Civil Lawsuit On Anniversary Of Son\u2019s Killing\">federal hate crime<\/a> charges<\/a>. Political reactions have surfaced, with Republican leaders calling for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-endorses-jim-jordan-for-house-speaker\/\" title=\"Trump backs Jim Jordan for House Speaker.\">stricter immigration controls<\/a> and accountability for insufficient vetting policies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">ICE targets visa overstayers following Boulder terrorist attack: &lsquo;There&rsquo;s a big push&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2137734\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Federal immigration authorities plan to crack down on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">illegal immigrants<\/a> who legally entered the United States but failed to leave when their documents expired, a move that comes in the aftermath of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/terrorism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">terrorist<\/a> attack by an Egyptian visa overstayer in Boulder, Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Todd Lyons, acting director for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ICE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a>, revealed in the hours after an Egyptian national used a flamethrower to torch Jewish residents in Boulder on Sunday afternoon that the Trump administration had moved to target visa overstayers. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a big push right now at ICE to identify all these individuals that have overstayed their visas. We have millions that have come in, you know, all across the last administration that have overstayed their visas and overstayed their welcome,&rdquo; Lyons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6373787335112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> during an interview on Fox News Monday. &ldquo;One of the main missions of ICE is to go ahead and arrest anyone that we can take an enforcement action [against], that has violated immigration immigration law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3429083\/jamie-raskin-boulder-attack-gun-control\/\">Raskin uses Boulder attack to push stricter gun control amid antisemitic violence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3428900\/boulder-attack-witness-recalls-horrific-scene\/\">Boulder attack witness recalls &#8216;horrific&#8217; scene<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3428517\/gavin-newsom-slammed-proposition-36-funding-budget-california\/\">Newsom slammed for ignoring voters and leaving out funding for Prop 36 in budget<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The move breaks with the type of immigrant population that the Trump administration has focused its efforts on during its first four months in office, arresting and deporting immigrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, not on visas.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We want to go ahead and make sure we take these bad actors out of the country before anything like this could happen,&rdquo; said Lyons. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t know the intent of what a lot of these people came for. A lot come here to commit crime, terrorist acts, or just not be the person we want in our neighborhood. So ICE is focused on finding these individuals and removing them quickly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The White House maintained that targeting all illegal immigrants was a priority going forward.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Trump Administration remains committed to restoring common-sense to our immigration system and deporting anyone who is in the United States illegally &ndash; whether they&rsquo;ve overstayed a visa or crossed the border illegally. If you are in the country illegally, you won&rsquo;t be for long,&rdquo; White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson wrote in an email Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Boulder police on Sunday identified Mohamed Sabry Soliman as a 45-year-old resident of El Paso County, Colorado. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3428557\/boulder-suspect-mohamed-sabry-soliman-charged-with-federal-hate-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"charged\">charged<\/a> with a federal hate crime after admitting he targeted what he called a &ldquo;Zionist group,&rdquo; according to federal authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Soliman was an illegal immigrant who entered during the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The suspect,&nbsp;Mohamed Soliman, is illegally in our country. He entered the country in August 2022 on a B2 visa that expired in February 2023. He filed for asylum in September 2022,&rdquo; a DHS spokesperson wrote in an email. <\/p>\n<p>Soliman, an Egyptian national, would have entered the U.S. on a B2, non-immigrant visa, meaning he was approved to be in the country for a short term.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have jumped on board with supportive calls for the Trump administration to crack down on all illegal immigration, not just illegal border crossers who are in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) was adamant <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/1929568965170184422\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">during<\/a> a press conference in his home state Monday that Soliman&rsquo;s admission to the U.S. was the result of poor vetting and admission standards under former President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why are we letting people like this guy in? He should have never been here,&rdquo; said DeSantis. &ldquo;He sure as hell should&rsquo;ve been sent home when his visa expired.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ByronDonalds\/status\/1929355238323986464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">echoed<\/a> DeSantis&rsquo; sentiment and called for the government to &ldquo;ensure these threats to the nation are deported.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3425297\/stephen-miller-eviscerated-ice-officials-deportation-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>STEPHEN MILLER &lsquo;EVISCERATED&rsquo; ICE OFFICIALS IN PRIVATE MEETING OVER DEPORTATION NUMBERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) took to X with a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepBrandonGill\/status\/1929362371648090463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">comment<\/a> that &ldquo;uncontrolled mass migration is suicidal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) <a href=\"https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/2025\/06\/01\/chairman-green-issues-statement-on-boulder-terror-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">disclosed<\/a> Sunday evening that he had asked the DHS to brief committee members as soon as feasible, given the attacks aimed at Jews in the U.S. in recent months.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2137734\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2137734\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICE focuses on visa overstayers after Boulder attack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2442097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/acting-ice-director-todd-lyons.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5052,8364,33009,56350],"class_list":["post-2442096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-enforcement","tag-ice","tag-illegal-immigration","tag-visa-overstay"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/acting-ice-director-todd-lyons.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442096"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2442100,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442096\/revisions\/2442100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2442097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}