Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are sounding the alarm over President Joe Biden’s “screening protocols” for foreign nationals seeking visas to enter the United States after a British national took hostages at a Jewish synagogue in Texas only weeks after being allowed to legally enter the U.S.
Malik Faisal Akram was reportedly referred to Britain’s anti-terrorism Prevent programme twice, with the latest referral coming in 2019.
Two men have been arrested in the United Kingdom in relation to the recent hostage attack on a Synagogue in Texas.
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) chided the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in a tweet Wednesday, saying they should focus on “actual threats” like the Jihadist who took hostages at the Texas synagogue instead of targeting parents at school board meetings.
President Joe Biden’s federal agencies are dodging the question of how 44-year-old Malik Faisal Akram, the British terrorist behind a hostage standoff last weekend, was allowed to enter the United States from the United Kingdom.
Malik Faisal Akram, 44, who was shot and killed during his hostage attempt at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, was reportedly known by United Kingdom intelligence, according to reports.
Malik Faisal Akram was known to British spy agency MI5 but had been judged as no longer posing a threat to the public in 2020, reports claim.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is facing fierce backlash concerning the Texas synagogue siege by an Islamic armed captor this past weekend.
The Texas synagogue terrorist, Malik Faisal Akram, was allegedly banned from a UK court 20 years ago after raving about the September 11th.
A rabbi who was among four people held at gunpoint at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, said he and the remaining hostages managed to escape the synagogue after he threw a chair at the hostage-taker.
The brother of Texas terrorist Malik Faisal Akram has claimed that his brother had a previous criminal record in Britain..