Jordanian w/ an expired visa, Sohaib Abuayyash, 20, was planning a massive terror attack targeting Jewish people in the Houston area.
He had (a) visited multiple gun ranges in the area and
(b) was trying to obtain instructions for bomb-making.
How Abuayyash was able to get firearms will be revealed in time, but the law stipulates he shouldn’t have been able to purchase or possess any firearm on a non-immigrant visa which had expired in 2019.
He applied for asylum when his visa expired, which bought him time.
Note he is called Jordanian when most likely he very much identifies as Palestinian.