NEW ORLEANS, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:

Governor Walz's pardon removes this child rapist's qualifying convictions that made him removable from the United States

WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement condemning Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and his fellow sanctuary politicians after they granted a pardon for an illegal alien who had been convicted ofrepeatedly sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl.

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Tou Lue Vang

On June 10, 2026, the Minnesota Clemency Review Commission voted to grant a pardon for Tou Lue Vang, a criminal illegal alien from Laos. Vang had been convicted in 2006 offirst-degree criminal sexual con...