Well, this is great: Bill Glahn wrote about the Tou Vang case here. Briefly, Vang was convicted in 2005 of repeatedly raping a ten year old girl, something he said was “normal in his culture.” Vang had a legal status in the U.S., but he lost it because of the rape conviction. He was ordered deported, but as so often happens, the order achieved nothing.
Twenty years later, he came onto ICE’s radar as an illegal alien with a serious felony conviction. He was about to be deported when Tim Walz and Keith Ellison, two of the three members of Minnesota’s Board of Pardons, pardoned him for the rape conviction, thus supposedly allowing him to evade deportation. It is almost unbelievable: Walz and Ellison would rather have a convicted child rapist in their state’s midst, rather than allow the Trump administration to enforce our immigration laws.
But the story has a happy ending. Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked Vang’s immigration status, and he is now gone from the country:
Laotian national Tou Lue Vang was convicted of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in Minnesota.
He was set to be deported until @GovTimWalz issued him a pardon.
Then, I revoked his legal status. @ICEgov has removed him from the U.S. and he will never endanger another… pic.twitter.com/WCJkeeheJO
— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) July 10, 2026
We could hardly have a clearer illustration of how one party stands for the American people, and the other party seeks to undermine the security of the American people.
