Trump Admin Deports “Minnesota Man” Pardoned By Governor Walz

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Marco Rubio announces deportation of Minnesota man pardoned last month

A Laotian man pardoned by state officials in Minnesota last month has been deported from the country, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has announced.

Tou Lue Vang, an immigrant from Laos, faced deportation for a 2006 conviction of first-degree criminal sexual conduct after raping a young girl between 2002 and 2004. Because Laos initially refused to accept deportees, Vang spent nearly two decades living in Minnesota.

In December 2025, federal authorities detained him during a massive immigration crackdown, and a federal judge later ordered his release from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in February 2026.

What kind of immigrant? Yes, illegal alien

In June, Vang was pardoned by the Minnesota board of pardons after he expressed remorse for his actions and a letter from his victim said she forgave him, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported.

In a letter obtained by the Star Tribune, the victim explained that she had “made my peace” and forgiven Vang. “He is not the same person now. I have seen how he has changed,” the letter reads.

But the Trump administration has used the case to accuse Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz, and other state Democratic officials of protecting immigrants from deportation.

“This week I revoked his legal status in the United States and, as a result, federal agents took him into custody and, as of today, he has been removed from the United States,” Rubio said, referring to Vang, in a video statement posted on Friday. “Because of our action, this foreign criminal will never pose a threat to any American ever again.”

She can forgive him all she wants, but, he was in the US illegally and he’s a convicted rapist. Why are Democrats so insistent on protecting these people?