Paxton demands stricter vetting after deadly Texas rampage by suspect who was naturalized citizen
WACO, TX – In the aftermath of a shooting rampage in Texas by a gunman who was a naturalized citizen from Africa, state Attorney General Ken Paxton says that authorities...
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WACO, TX – In the aftermath of a shooting rampage in Texas by a gunman who was a naturalized citizen from Africa, state Attorney General Ken Paxton says that authorities "have to do a better job vetting people when they come here." Paxton, who's challenging longtime Sen. John Cornyn for the Republican Senate nomination in Tuesday's primary, was commenting about this weekend's shooting in Austin, Texas, that left three people, including the gunman, dead, and more than a dozen injured. The suspect, identified as Ndiaga Diagne, was a 53-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Senegal and lived in Pflugerville, Texas, multiple federal law enforcement sources told Fox News. Diagne was wearing a sweatshirt that read "Property of Allah" and an undershirt featuring an Iranian flag when he carried out the attack, according to law enforcement sources. And authorities also said they found an Iranian flag and photos of regime leaders in Diagne's apartment. "There's no system that's perfect. If we have immigration, there's going to be no system that’s perfect. We do need to do a better job of vetting people, and Congress is going to have to figure out how to do that," Paxton emphasized. With the shooting taking place during heated campaign trail showdowns in Texas just a couple of days ahead of the primary, reactions quickly turned political, with Republicans criticizing former President Joe Biden's handling of the country’s naturalization process and Democrats calling for stricter gun reform laws. Asked about the shooting, Cornyn said in a Fox News Digital interview in San Antonio on Sunday, "What it does emphasize to me is the importance of vetting people before they come across the border." TEXAS COLLEGE STUDENT IDENTIFIED AS A VICTIM IN AUSTIN SHOOTING "Part of the problem is that the Biden administration, for four years, had open border policies and let who knows what into the country," Cornyn charged. "This isn't about people continuing to come into the country,…