ICE Arrests 1989 Attempted-Murder Convict After 15 Years Free Under Vietnam Deportation Barrier
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Updated · Fox News · May 12
ICE Arrests 1989 Attempted-Murder Convict After 15 Years Free Under Vietnam Deportation Barrier
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 12
ICE agents arrested Dinh Quy Nguyen in Houston on May 5 and are holding him in Conroe pending removal to Vietnam.
Nguyen, a Vietnamese national convicted in 1989 of attempted capital murder of a police officer and burglary, had a final removal order since 1997 but was released by ICE in 2011 when Vietnam refused repatriation.
That release stemmed from a U.S.-Vietnam arrangement shielding people who arrived before July 12, 1995; Nguyen entered the United States in 1977, leaving him effectively protected for more than a decade.
DHS said recent Trump administration policy changes are now targeting previously protected foreign nationals with criminal convictions, framing the arrest as part of a broader push to remove "heinous criminals" blocked by diplomatic limits.
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