Trump blames ‘lax immigration system’ for NYC terror attack

Muslim suspect sought revenge on U.S. for ‘bombing in my country’

A Bangladeshi immigrant is in custody after an explosive vest he was wearing detonated and injured four people, including himself, during the height of rush hour Monday morning near New York City’s Port Authority bus terminal.

The blast went off in an underground tunnel at 7:20 a.m. near 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue, two blocks from Times Square, police said.

Police Commissioner James O’Neill said at a 9:45 a.m. press conference that the suspect has been identified as 27-year-old Akayed Ullah, who detonated a “low tech device” attached to his body with Velcro and zip ties.

Ullah had entered the country in 2011 on an F-43 visa, which gives preference to immigrants who already have family living in the U.S. He is not a U.S. citizen but is living here legally on a green card.

Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, tweeted that the F-43 is basically a “nephew visa” for a foreign national seeking to enter the U.S.

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