Thongxay Nilakout, a citizen of Laos, shot and killed a German tourist in Southern California in 1994 when he was 17. He was convicted of shooting and killing Gisela Pfleger and wounding her husband Klaus, during a robbery. Klaus survived and just celebrated his 93 rd birthday.

The Trump administration “unquestionably” violated a court order when it tried to transfer detainees to war-torn South Sudan without a meaningful opportunity to contest their removal to a place where they might face torture,

A homeland security official said on Wednesday that the United States is seeking to deport eight migrants convicted of serious crimes including homicides but declined to confirm an allegation raised in federal court that they were bound for South Sudan.