AUSTIN, Texas — The brother of the British man who took hostages at a Jewish synagogue outside Dallas over the weekend questioned why the United States allowed someone with a criminal history to enter the country.

“He’s known to police, got a criminal record. How was he allowed to get a visa and acquire a gun?” Gulbar Akram said in an interview on Sky News over the weekend.

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