{"id":2492168,"date":"2025-09-28T15:06:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T19:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/houston-shooters-immigration-applications-approved-under-biden\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T15:08:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T19:08:40","slug":"houston-shooters-immigration-applications-approved-under-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/houston-shooters-immigration-applications-approved-under-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston shooters\u2019 immigration applications approved under Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fhouston-shooters-immigration-applications-approved-under-biden%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=2492168&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>The article reports on a recent incident at a Houston-area youth baseball facility where three Muslim men fired shots toward a baseball game involving children. The men-Mahmood Abdelsalam Rababah, ahmad Mawed, and Mustafa mohammad Matalgah-were arrested and charged with felony offenses related to the shooting. the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) labeled the men as hazardous criminals and criticized the Biden administration for approving immigration applications for two of the men despite their backgrounds. Mustafa Matalgah, a Jordanian national, was granted U.S. citizenship, and Ahmad Mawed, a lebanese national, received a green card under the current administration. <\/p>\n<p>Officials highlighted concerns that these individuals from &#8220;high threat countries&#8221; should have been denied entry or immigration status as part of vetting protocols.The shooting occurred at a youth baseball field in Katy, Texas, where no children were injured, but a 27-year-old coach was struck and later released from the hospital. The local baseball complex initially described the incident as &#8220;recreational shooting,&#8221; a statement that sparked criticism amid broader worries about rising islamic-related violence in the region. <\/p>\n<p>Texas Governor Greg Abbott called for the offenders to be imprisoned and then deported. DHS emphasized the failure of immigration screening and announced support resources for victims of crimes committed by immigrants. The article also mentions ongoing efforts under the previous Trump administration to revoke immigration status for foreigners convicted of violent acts. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/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\">Two Houston area baseball shooters&rsquo; immigration applications approved under Biden<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2256745\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Despite a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/houston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Houston<\/a> area baseball facility initially claiming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/muslim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Muslim<\/a> men shooting into a 12-year-old baseball game was &ldquo;recreational shooting,&rdquo; the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Department of Homeland Security<\/a> says the men are dangerous criminals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>DHS also says two of the men never should have been allowed into the country or been granted the immigration status they were by the Biden administration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3828055\/lawmakers-push-transit-reform-funding-despite-delayed-fiscal-cliff\/\">Lawmakers push for transit reform, funding despite delayed fiscal cliff<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3828037\/trump-michigan-mormon-church-shooting-targeted-attack-christians\/\">Trump calls Michigan Mormon church shooting &#8216;targeted attack&#8217; on Christians<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3827994\/trump-speak-meeting-generals-hegseth\/\">Trump will speak at large meeting of generals called by Hegseth: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Three Muslim men were charged last week with felonies after they allegedly fired rounds toward a youth baseball complex in Katy, Texas, a suburb west of Houston.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shots were fired into the Ameripark youth baseball field, known as &ldquo;The Rac,&rdquo; when a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-flyover-damaged-homes-claim-georgia-residents\/\" title=\"Air Force Flyover Damaged Homes Claim Georgia Residents\">youth baseball tournament<\/a> was being played, The Center Square&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/texas\/article_d70665a0-b515-42e6-9393-1e9b9df3366d.html\">reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Waller County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office arrested three men several days after the shooting: Mahmood Abdelsalam Rababah, 23; Ahmad Mawed, 21; and Mustafa Mohammad Matalgah, 27.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They were charged with deadly conduct, discharge of a firearm, a felony offense. Each were held on $100,000 surety bonds; only Mawed&rsquo;s&nbsp;bond remained active, according to county jail records.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jordanian national Mustafa Mohammad Matalgah was granted citizenship by the Biden administration; Lebanese national Ahmad Mawed was granted a green card by the Biden&nbsp;administration, DHS said.<\/p>\n<p>None of the children were injured; a 27-year-old coach was&nbsp;struck in the shoulder, taken to the hospital and released. He was saying a pregame prayer with the team when shots were fired, got down on the ground and covered players with his body, KHOU 11 News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kvue.com\/article\/news\/crime\/3-men-arrested-katy-texas-baseball-coach-shot\/285-aabc16d9-6cd5-4482-b35f-7e2a9c213c9e\">reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Rac&rsquo;s initial&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=819853490608611&amp;set=a.178806928046607&amp;type=3&amp;ref=embed_post\">statement claimed<\/a>&nbsp;&ldquo;the unfortunate incident occurred involving recreational shooting on a nearby property.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Residents and taxpayers have criticized the response, pointing to increased Islamic violence in the Houston area. They include recent high profile arrests&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_b6f8e72d-b004-40db-b83f-825af28e69ac.html\">of members<\/a>&nbsp;of the Iranian National Guard and an ISIS-linked Houston man who was indicted for planning a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/isis-linked-houston-man-indicted-planned-9-11-style-terrorist-attack-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... indicted, planned 9\/11 style terrorist attack - Washington Examiner\">9\/11 style terrorist attack<\/a>, among others, The Center Square&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/texas\/article_91d17d66-a2d9-11ef-8761-2bb05f34459b.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting also occurred after Gov. Greg Abbott ceremonially signed a bill into law this month banning Islamic Sharia law and Sharia compounds in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>In response to DHS&rsquo; announcement, Abbott said, &ldquo;Keep these criminals in a Texas prison for as long as possible. Then deport them to never return.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Matalgah&rsquo;s and Mawed&rsquo;s applications should have been denied because they were coming from &ldquo;high threat countries.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This horrific act of terror, the firing on children praying before the start of a baseball game, is pure evil,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;These individuals from high threat countries were let in by&nbsp;the&nbsp;Biden&nbsp;Administration. They clearly were not vetting the aliens they were letting&nbsp;legally&nbsp;enter our country and even become U.S. citizens. Not only did Biden fail the American people by leaving our borders wide open to criminals, but he also legally allowed them to gain status and citizenship to terrorize our communities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration approved Matalgah&rsquo;s U.S. citizenship application on Aug. 1, 2023, despite prior arrests for drug possession. Drug possession disqualifies applicants for citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>It also granted Mawed&rsquo;s entrance on an IR-2 visa on June 3, 2021. The green card status automatically made him a legal permanent resident, DHS said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3825123\/ice-shooting-dallas-terrorism-joshua-jahn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ICE SHOOTING IN DALLAS IS &lsquo;VERY DEFINITION OF TERRORISM&rsquo;: US ATTORNEY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under the Trump administration, their citizenship and resident status may be revoked if they are convicted. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has already begun a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >visa revocation process targeting foreign nationals<\/a> who commit violence or threaten violence against Americans.<\/p>\n<p>DHS is also offering resources and support to &ldquo;victims of alien crime&rdquo; through its&#8239;<a href=\"https:\/\/links-1.govdelivery.com\/CL0\/https:%2F%2Flinks-1.govdelivery.com%2FCL0%2Fhttps:%252F%252Flinks-1.govdelivery.com%252FCL0%252Fhttps:%25252F%25252Flinks-1.govdelivery.com%25252FCL0%25252Fhttps:%2525252F%2525252Fwww.ice.gov%2525252Fvoice%25252F1%25252F010001998611300d-13ead4ed-d615-4f82-bd26-49ae4f00663a-000000%25252FhNghvLvcBO1S05sYb88I5jEBJX_k6LTOuEnEC8jokcs=424%252F1%252F010001998644599c-3c58ea66-3c9a-4119-ac18-79ba8dea5203-000000%252Fyu_wCxMSnAKMTt0zwpMlW04IfypQDfciSPWUqv3thPg=424%2F1%2F010001998662f692-7045d00d-4d3d-454f-b1e5-777a404377fd-000000%2FzKykhmf84tedfVYZvNWdX7FTJSL3M4c1qOaWPkVrCYA=424\/1\/010001998b266524-23988400-3dc4-487a-b18a-a540db691a79-000000\/8rudggNJ3BQHNry_8-KNOCLKm4jiPxwTDT-olMgg114=424\">Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office<\/a>. For more information, victims are encouraged to call 1-855-48-VOICE (1-855-488-6423).<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecentersquare.com%2Ftexas%2Farticle_ae958955-3813-473a-86d1-c166078018cb.html%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook%26utm_campaign%3Duser-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/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> <\/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>Houston baseball shooters&#8217; immigration approved under Biden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2869,"featured_media":2492169,"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\/2023\/12\/6adc7334c7baa801f1f6991c70d871de.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[13866,3813,64224],"class_list":["post-2492168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-houston","tag-immigration","tag-shooters-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6adc7334c7baa801f1f6991c70d871de.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492168","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\/2869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2492168"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2492172,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492168\/revisions\/2492172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2492169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2492168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2492168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2492168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}