NO he was here since 1992 - he was NOT on a Student visa. He was a permanent resident. That rumor was false.
Just like I'm sure 99.8% of the last 24-hours of breathless internet speculation will be revealed to be.
There have been a lot of false rumors as the MSM trip over each other to outdo the competition. Several Freepers have seen wheels spinning within wheels because certain media outlets that initially reported the "Ismail Ax" moniker, removed the reference from subsequent posts. Maybe, just maybe, they removed the reference to Ismail Ax, not because of PC, but because its not true.