Wall or Sieve? Attacks Raise Doubts About U.S. Immigration System

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Very thoughtful piece.  Comments on it?

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Wall or Sieve?  Attacks Raise Doubts About U.S. Immigration System

 

In the wee hours of Sunday, March 1, a Senegalese immigrant clad in a sweatshirt bearing the words "Property of Allah" opened fire outside an Austin, Texas beer garden, killing three and leaving 14 others wounded.

On March 12, at Old Dominion University, a former Virginia National Guard member from Sierra Leone – released early from an 11-year prison sentence for attempting to provide material support to the ISIL – yelled "Allahu Akbar" before shooting and killing a beloved college professor and wounding two other people.

 

That same day, a Lebanese immigrant plowed a pickup truck filled with fireworks and gasoline into a large synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan.  After exchanging gunfire with security staff, he killed himself.  His brother, it turned out, was a recently eliminated Hezbollah commander in Lebanon.

Amidst the emerging threat environment of the Iran war, these and other attacks on U.S. soil have reignited questions about the U.S. immigration system's vetting and screening standards.  Republican leaders are increasingly asking how, for example, foreign nationals like the Afghan evacuee who shot two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. – killing one of them – or the Egyptian national overstaying his tourism visa who firebombed pro-Israel demonstrators in Colorado last year were able to come here and commit such acts.  They are also asking how close relatives of top Iranian officials, including avowed supporters of that country's regime, have been allowed to live and work in the United States.  [...]

 

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/04/09/wall_or_sieve_attacks_raise_questions_on_immigration_system_1175483.html