The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed that the suspect was admitted to the United States after presenting a passport displaying an F43 family immigrant visa in 2011. The suspect is a Lawful Permanent Resident from Bangladesh who benefited from extended family chain migration.
Immediately after the incident, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders tweeted that the president of the United States had been briefed on the explosion.
"This attack underscores the need for Congress to work with the president on immigration reforms that enhance our national security and public safety," she told reporters in an afternoon news briefing.
Sanders added that the country "must move to a merit-based system of immigration."
Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump, who usually likes to tweet when anything important happens, has not mentioned the explosion on his twitter account.
The latest tweet he has is one that says New York Times' story about him watching four to eight hours of television a day was false.
Analysts at the SITE Intelligence Group noted that the pro-Islamic State Maqdisi media group suggested a link between the attack and President Trump's decision last week to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, The Washington Post reported.
Other media reports said Ullah might have carried out the attack due to Israel's military strikes in Gaza at the weekend.
Despite global opposition and protests, Trump on Wednesday fulfilled one of his major campaign promises by recognizing Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel, and demanded the State Department to develop a plan to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
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