ICE nabs criminal illegal alien who attempted to murder a cop, escaped deportation for years

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested a Vietnamese nationalist convicted of attempted execution of a constabulary serviceman who remained escaped successful the state for implicit 15 years due to the fact that his location state refused to instrumentality him back.

The lawsuit underscores a broader displacement successful U.S. deportation argumentation targeting antecedently protected overseas nationals with transgression convictions.

Dinh Quy Nguyen, who was convicted of attempted superior execution of a constabulary serviceman and burglary connected June 28, 1989, was taken into custody successful Houston, Texas, connected May 5, 2026. Despite being ordered deported successful 1997, Nguyen was released successful 2011 aft Vietnam refused to instrumentality him back.

For implicit a decade, Nguyen was considered "untouchable" by migration officials. Under a erstwhile agreement, the U.S. could not repatriate Vietnamese citizens who arrived successful the state earlier July 12, 1995. Because Nguyen arrived connected Dec. 15, 1977, helium was efficaciously shielded from deportation contempt a convulsive transgression record.

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Dinh Quy Nguyen (pictured) was convicted of attempted superior execution of a constabulary serviceman and burglary connected June 28, 1989. (Department of Homeland Security)

"As we observe Police Week, the men and women of ICE instrumentality enforcement are removing this amerciable alien convicted of attempted execution of a constabulary serviceman from our communities, truthful helium cannot victimize anymore Americans," Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said successful a connection shared with Fox News Digital.

"This transgression amerciable alien from Vietnam was besides antecedently convicted for burglary. Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, we volition ever basal by our brave ICE instrumentality enforcement who enactment their lives connected the enactment to apprehension heinous criminals from American neighborhoods."

The apprehension marks a important displacement successful enforcement nether President Donald Trump and Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, according to DHS officials, who accidental caller argumentation changes are aimed astatine removing longstanding barriers that allowed definite convicted criminals to stay successful the United States.

Nguyen’s past successful the U.S. spans astir 5 decades. He was archetypal admitted to the U.S. successful 1977 successful Honolulu, Hawaii. He was issued a last bid of removal by an migration justice connected Dec. 30, 1997, which was affirmed by the Board of Immigration Appeals connected May 26, 1998.

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On March 17, 2011, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice transferred Nguyen into ICE custody. (John Moore/Getty Images)

On March 17, 2011, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice transferred Nguyen into ICE custody, but helium was released connected June 22, 2011, due to the fact that Vietnam refused repatriation.

ICE agents enactment successful an enforcement operation. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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The Department of Homeland Security said the renewed enforcement effort is portion of a broader inaugural to guarantee "heinous criminals" are nary longer capable to victimize Americans owed to diplomatic technicalities.

Nguyen is presently being held astatine the Montgomery Processing Center successful Conroe, Texas, pending his removal to Vietnam.