Immigration official can’t say if San Bernardino shooter was interviewed for visa

Published December 9, 2015 10:31pm ET



U.S. immigration officials may not have even interviewed Tashfeen Malik, the woman who joined her husband in gunning down 14 people in San Bernardino, Calif., last week, before they allowed her to enter the country.

“We only interview people in the K-1 visa program where there is some issue that needs to be explored,” Leon Rodriguez, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, told the House Judiciary immigration subcommittee Wednesday.

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