Police officers talk with a passersby on the scene of an attack on demonstrators calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1, 2025. Eli Imadali/AFP via Getty Images

The man suspected of carrying out an "act of terrorism" during a pro-Israel demonstration in Boulder, Colorado , leaving eight people in the hospital , is in the United States illegally, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The suspect, 45-year-old Mohammed Soliman, entered the U.S. in August 2022 on a B2 visa and he filed for asylum in September 2022, according to Tricia McLaughlin, the assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security.

His B2 visa -- which is typically a tourism visa -- expired in February 2023, M

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