President Trump said Thursday Egypt was not included on a proclamation banning travel into the U.S. from several countries because "they have things under control."

"Egypt has been a country that we deal with very closely. They have things under control. The countries that we have don’t have things under control," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

Trump had connected his second-term travel ban from 12 countries to an attack in Boulder, Colo., by an Egyptian national who had overstayed his tourist visa. Mohamed Soliman, the alleged perpetrator, has been charged with a federal hate crime after attacking a march in Colorado intended to raise awareness about Israeli hostages.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Wednesday it would deport Soliman and his family

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