Apr
18
The man who killed 32 people before ending his own life at Virginia Tech College on Monday (16APR07) had legal status to be in the US, according to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service.
Cho Seung-Hui was eight when he and his family moved to Detroit, Michigan from South Korea. His parents were granted permanent residency status.
Cho’s Green Card was reissued four years ago (27NOV03), his last contact with immigration officials - applicants who have lived in the US for ten years must renew their identification, meaning immigration officials collect biometric information and conduct background checks on them.
USCIS spokesman Chris Bentley says, “We would have seen if there was any criminal activity that would have prevented any issue of his green card. There was none.”