After three suspects were arrested for opening fire during a youth baseball game in Katy, two were found to have been allowed into the U.S. by the Biden administration.
On Sunday, a coach was struck by a bullet before a game as he was leading the team in prayer. He was hospitalized and has since been released.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed on Friday that two of the three suspects in the shooting, Mustafa Mohammad Matalgah, an alien from Jordan, and Ahmad Mawed, an alien from Lebanon, were given U.S. citizenship and a green card, respectively, under the Biden administration.
“These individuals should never have been allowed into our country,” posted the DHS on X. “Under @POTUS Trump, and @Sec_Noem we are working to prevent attacks like these from ever happening again.”
Matalgah received citizenship in 2023 despite a prior arrest for drug possession.
Upon entering the U.S. in 2021, Mawed received an IR-2 visa that automatically made him a permanent legal resident.
“They clearly were not vetting the aliens they were letting legally enter our country and even become U.S. citizens,” said Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Not only did Biden fail the American people by leaving our borders wide open to criminals, but he also legally allowed them to gain status and citizenship to terrorize our communities.”
The Waller County Sheriff’s Office announced that both Matalgah and Mawed along with the third suspect, Mahmood Abdelsalam Rababah, have been charged with deadly conduct involving the discharge of a firearm, a felony.
A surety bond has been set for all three at $100,000 each.
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