WH Reveals ‘Bad Hombre’ Migrants They Are Deporting To South Sudan
The Trump administration is taking firm action to protect American communities by removing dangerous foreign criminals from U.S. soil—despite legal resistance from liberal courts. This week, the White House began releasing details on a group of violent migrants deported to South Sudan, underscoring President Donald Trump’s unwavering commitment to law and order.
The deportations follow a federal court decision requiring U.S. authorities to retain custody over certain individuals in case a later ruling deems the removals unlawful. The ruling, issued late Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy of Massachusetts—an appointee of former President Joe Biden—came during an emergency hearing that spotlighted ongoing legal efforts to delay deportations of convicted criminals.
Attorneys for the migrants accused the Trump administration of violating a court directive by removing individuals from Burma and Vietnam and transferring them to South Sudan—a country where only one of the deportees actually holds citizenship. The rest hail from Cuba, Mexico, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Laos.
According to reporting from the Daily Mail, among those deported are at least five individuals convicted of murder and one convicted pedophile. Their removal marks a clear departure from the leniency of past administrations.
One deportee, Thongxay Nilakout of Burma, was convicted of the gruesome 1994 murder of German tourist Gisela Pfleger in California. Sentenced to life in prison in 1996, Nilakout was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier this year and flown to South Sudan shortly thereafter.
A U.S. official accurately labeled Nilakout and the others as “bad hombres,” a term President Trump has used to describe violent foreign offenders.
Another deportee, Nyo Myint, also from Burma, was convicted of first-degree sexual assault against a victim who was mentally and physically incapable of resistance. He was serving a 12-year prison sentence before ICE detained him on February 19, 2025.
Judge Murphy ruled that the federal government must “maintain custody and control of class members currently being removed to South Sudan or any other third country,” signaling potential legal overreach into the executive branch’s authority over immigration enforcement. He added that deportees “will be treated humanely,” although critics argue the focus should remain on the victims of these violent offenders.
During the hearing, left-leaning immigration attorneys claimed that up to a dozen migrants from various countries may have already been removed to Africa, which they argue violates a previous court ruling mandating a “meaningful opportunity” to contest deportation to a third country.
In one instance, an immigration officer in Texas reportedly confirmed the deportation of a Burmese national via email. His legal team claimed he was given only an English-language briefing—which he allegedly couldn’t understand—and that they were notified mere hours before his removal.
The National Immigration Litigation Alliance also reported that a Vietnamese man, along with approximately ten others, was flown to Africa early Tuesday morning.
Attorneys for the migrants have demanded an emergency injunction to block further deportations. Judge Murphy has already warned the administration that deporting individuals to countries like Libya without proper notice would “obviously” violate his previous order.
He has summoned officials from the Trump administration to return for another emergency session on Wednesday to address concerns over the ongoing deportations.
Meanwhile, President Trump secured a major victory at the Supreme Court this week, reinforcing his administration’s constitutional authority to set immigration policy. On Monday, the high court lifted a lower court injunction that had been blocking the president from ending the Biden-era Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of migrants.
In an 8–1 decision, the justices sided overwhelmingly with President Trump, allowing his administration to move forward with plans to terminate TPS for approximately 300,000 Venezuelans currently residing in the U.S. The lone dissenter was Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson—another Biden appointee.
As Fox News reported, the ruling grants the administration the ability to “immediately remove these migrants,” a move that the president’s legal team has argued is necessary to restore the integrity of U.S. immigration laws.