An illegal alien from Laos was deported in May 2025 with criminal convictions for first-degree murder, attempted murder, and second-degree robbery in California.
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VINCEOct 28, 2026
DHS's primary release lists Thongxay Nilakout, a Laotian national deported on May 20, 2025, with convictions for first-degree murder, attempted murder, and second-degree robbery in California. An AP report and a victim's statement independently confirm the May 2025 deportation and the California first-degree murder conviction, though neither lists the robbery and attempted-murder counts.
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… He was deported July of last year. His criminal history includes first degree premeditated murder, aggravated battery, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, vehicle theft, reckless driving in Florida. An illegal alien from Laos was deported May of last year, Feng Se Nilakout. What a name. His criminal history includes convictions for first degree murder, attempted murder, second degree robbery, California. There's an illegal from Vietnam, murder. There's an illegal from Mexico, murder. There's an illegal from Cuba, murder. An illegal from Jamaica, murder. An illegal from Cape Verde, that would be, uh, oh, we don't have a murder. …
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Supports. The DHS release states that Thongxay Nilakout, an illegal alien from Laos, was deported on May 20, 2025, with convictions for first-degree murder, attempted murder, and second-degree robbery in California.[1]
Supports. An AP report says Thongxay Nilakout, a Laotian man, was sent by the US to South Sudan in May 2025 after a federal judge blocked a removal midflight, and that all eight deportees had US criminal convictions.[2]
Supports. A victim's statement describes Nilakout's 1994 California murder of her mother, for which he was convicted and sentenced to life without parole, and describes his later ICE detention and removal, which corroborates the California first-degree murder conviction.[3]
Context. The Bill Melugin post and the Stephen Miller repost restate the DHS list and do not provide independent corroboration.[4][5]
Context. The AP report says he was deported to South Sudan, not a destination the claim names, so the claim's omission of that detail is not a contradiction.[2]
Sources
5 sources: 1 primary, 4 not rated
- 1DHS Highlights Most Barbaric Illegal Aliens Deported to Third Countries Because Their Home Countries Wouldn't Take Them Backdhs.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 2Laotian man deported by US to South Sudan leaves for ...ocregister.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3years attending court hearings, speaking at hearings, victimsstatic01.nyt.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) on Xx.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Reposts from @StephenMteapaw.org · not rated · cited for: context
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