The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has condemned Minnesota officials after the state pardoned a man convicted of sexually assaulting a young girl.
“Governor Tim Walz’s decision to pardon an illegal alien convicted child rapist so he can remain in our country is disgusting,” Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement. “These are the criminal illegal aliens he and his Minnesota sanctuary politicians are protecting. Following the conviction, he was placed in removal proceedings and issued a final order of removal by a judge. This pardon will take away this child rapist’s qualifying convictions that made him removable from the United States.”
Last month, the Minnesota Clemency Review Commission voted to grant a pardon for Tou Lue Vang, who was convicted in 2006 of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. He was set to be removed from the country, although the pardon may now impede his removal.
DHS explained that court filings note that Vang repeatedly sexually assaulted a girl between 2002 and 2004. He attempted to justify the actions to policy, saying that “it is a cultural thing…to marry and have sex with girls as young as 12.”
Minnesota is considered a sanctuary stated by the Department of Justice.
Earlier this year, Minnesota lawmakers attempted to impeach Governor Mike Walz (D) and Attorney General Keith Ellison. According to the resolution against Walz, the governor has “engaged in corrupt conduct in office by violating his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the laws of this state.” It says that Walz knowingly concealed or permitted “others to conceal widespread fraud within Minnesota state-administered programs despite repeated warnings, audits, reports, and public indicators of systematic abuse.”
