Birte Pfleger seeks to highlight her family's pain and the issues surrounding the deportation of convicted criminals from the US to South Sudan. Her mother was killed by Thongxay Nilakout during a robbery in 1994. Nilakout, along with others, was controversially deported amidst heightened immigration policies under Donald Trump. Pfleger criticized the lack of due process afforded to those deported and noted the fragile situation of the men, who have been unreachable by their families since their arrival in South Sudan.
Birte Pfleger expressed her conflicting feelings about the deportation of Thongxay Nilakout by saying, "It's been 31 years living with the irreparable pain and permanent grief, so, on the one hand, I wanted him gone. On the other hand, I'm a historian and I have taught constitutional history. He was denied due process and that's a constitutional problem."
Pfleger emphasized the importance of due process, stating that the deportees were denied this right, highlighting a significant constitutional issue in their cases.
A lawyer for the deported men noted that their situation in South Sudan is precarious and said, "Their relatives have not heard from the deportees since a US military plane flew them to Juba, South Sudan's capital, before midnight on 4 July."
Maj Gen James Monday Enoka from South Sudan mentioned that the deported men will be investigated, indicating possible subsequent deportation if they are found not to be South Sudanese.
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