Sanctuary policies in deep-blue Colorado led to terror attack, says local DA

Permissive laws successful heavy bluish Colorado created an situation successful which last weekend’s antisemitic attack could occur, a section territory lawyer told Fox News Digital.

In an interrogation with Fox News Digital, George Brauchler, a Republican territory lawyer for Colorado’s 23rd district, said that the authorities government, which is dominated by Democrats, has been intentionally creating a lax, sanctuary-type situation regarding migration enforcement. 

This, helium said, emboldens illegals, specified arsenic Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the fishy accused of firebombing pro-Israel activists connected Sunday, to enactment with impunity.

A DHS spokeswoman has said Soliman, an Egyptian national, was surviving successful the state illegally astatine the clip of the attack. He entered the United States successful August 2022 with a visa that expired successful February 2023, the spokeswoman said, noting helium applied for asylum during that time.

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In an interrogation with Fox News Digital, George Brauchler (left), a Republican territory lawyer for Colorado’s 23rd Judicial District, said that the authorities government, which is dominated by Democrats, has been intentionally creating a lax situation regarding migration enforcement. That emboldens illegals, specified arsenic Mohamed Sabry Soliman (right), the fishy accused of firebombing pro-Israel activists connected Sunday, to enactment with impunity, helium said. (District Attorney for 23rd Judicial District bureau website and Storyful/KDVR)

Soliman allegedly injured 8 adults, including a unfortunate who was 88 years old, astatine an outdoor promenade successful Boulder, according to the FBI.

The fishy was witnessed shouting "Free Palestine" during the onslaught and utilizing a makeshift flamethrower to people the crowd, the FBI said. Police said the victims were hospitalized with pain wounds.

They had been participating successful a Run for Their Lives protest, which, according to the Anti-Defamation League, is simply a play lawsuit attended by members of the Jewish assemblage to enactment hostages held successful Gaza by Hamas terrorists.

Discussing the brazen attack, Brauchler said: "When you person taken the ongoing steps that our authorities authorities has taken implicit the past galore years to place yourself to everyone, some national and noncitizen alike, that you are a sanctuary authorities - and it doesn't substance if they ever accidental those words, what matters is the policies successful spot - and erstwhile you had enactment section instrumentality enforcement connected its heels, erstwhile it comes to trying to coordinate with migration enforcement authorities, you make an situation wherever idiosyncratic feels similar visa oregon nary visa, I tin enactment present and bash immoderate I want, whether it's to effort to find a occupation disconnected the books oregon to program for a violent enactment against Jews up successful Boulder."

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Law enforcement officials enactment connected protective cogwheel to analyse an onslaught connected the Pearl Street Mall connected Sunday successful Boulder, Colorado. (AP)

In effect to the attack, Brauchler said helium expects the Trump administration whitethorn presume power of the lawsuit and "make an example" of the perpetrator.

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"In the past, you would spot immoderate deference by the national authorities to section prosecutors who showed an involvement successful prosecuting high-profile cases," helium said. "But successful this time and age, with amerciable migration being an issue, with the anti-Semitic violent acts being an issue, I tin foresee President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi saying, ‘We're taking this case, we're going to usage each instrumentality astatine our disposal, we're going to item this prosecution, we're going to marque an illustration of this guy, and we're going to nonstop a message.’"

Brauchler said that though "we've seen antisemitic worldly earlier retired here, ne'er successful my recollection astatine this standard oregon this brazenly having idiosyncratic bash this."

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Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn said determination was a antheral arrested connected Sunday, Jun.1, 2025. (KDVR)

Mohamed Sabry Soliman, panic suspect, is seen with a Molotov cocktail successful his close hand. Pictured astatine left, Boulder, Colo. exigency responders.  (Storyful/KDVR)

"My interest is if we don't marque a big, loud, almighty connection sooner alternatively than later, these things are going to commencement to repetition themselves, not conscionable here, but everywhere," helium said.

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"This is different horrific blemish connected a authorities that I person known arsenic location my full life," helium went on, adding that "because of the powers that beryllium and the policies that person been enactment successful spot implicit the past 10 oregon 15 years, I don't admit Colorado anymore."

"It's hard to imagine, and it's conscionable different achromatic oculus for our authorities that we didn't need," helium said.

Fox News Digital's Ashley Oliver and Fox News Channel's Bill Melugin contributed to this report.