WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today released the following statement praising the U.S. Department of Justice and federal and state law enforcement for arresting and charging Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, a citizen of Afghanistan residing in Fort Worth, Texas, for threatening to build a bomb, conduct a suicide attack, and kill Americans in a video posted on multiple social media platforms. Sen. Cornyn also slammed the Biden administration’s Operation Allies Welcome parole program, which he has long raised concerns about, for allowing Alokozay as well as the shooter in last week’s attack on two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., into the country:

“I commend Attorney General Bondi and the entire Department of Justice and FBI, as well as our brave law enforcement officers on the ground in Dallas and Fort Worth, for keeping Texans safe by arresting and charging this evil individual for his despicable threats and preventing yet another potential terrorist attack on U.S. soil. I look forward to seeing him held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.” 

“Under Joe Biden’s Operation Allies Welcome program, 77,000 Afghans were paroled into the U.S. with insufficient vetting and minimal oversight. This sick person, who was living in Fort Worth while posting heinous videos threatening to kill Americans, is the latest example of the abject failures of this program, which also allowed the shooter in last week’s ambush on our National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., to roam our streets. I have long been concerned about the woefully insufficient vetting protocols of this Biden-era program, and now we are seeing the risks – and in last week’s case, grave consequences – play out in real time.”

“Let me be clear: If you seek to do this great country or its citizens harm, you are not welcome. And if you are already here thanks to the lax policies of the Biden administration, know that under President Trump, we will find you and make sure justice is served.”