DHS Ramps Up ‘Crackdown’ on Visa Overstays

On June 4, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it is ramping up a “crackdown” on visa overstays following a Boulder, Colorado, attack perpetrated by an Egyptian national. DHS said that U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will be “ramping up the review of immigration records and will take immediate appropriate actions.”

According to the DHS statement:

This urgent crackdown comes after authorities arrested 45-year-old Mohammed Sabry Soliman for setting at least eight Americans on fire in a shocking terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado. Soliman is an Egyptian national who had overstayed his visa in the U.S. and remained in the country unlawfully since 2022. Soliman faces federal hate crime and multiple state felony charges.

The Trump administration issued a travel and visa issuance ban effective on June 9th 2025 but oddly, it does not include nationals from Egypt where Mr. Soliman was from.

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