WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following transcript of remarks by the U.S. Secretary of State:
Press Statement
Marco Rubio, Secretary of State
July 10, 2026
Just weeks ago, a foreign child rapist was freed to once again endanger America's children after receiving a pardon from Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Tou Lue Vang admitted to committing heinous crimes against a 10-year-old girl in Minnesota.
He attempted to pay his victim for her silence and dismissed his acts of child abuse as a "minor thing." Just days before he was scheduled to be deported, the Minnesota Governor pardoned him, setting him free to endanger American families once again.
Americans should never have to live in fear that foreign sex p...