Rubio Deports Child Rapist Tou Lue Vang to Laos After Walz Granted June 10 Clemency
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 20
Rubio Deports Child Rapist Tou Lue Vang to Laos After Walz Granted June 10 Clemency
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 20
Summary
July 10 marked Tou Lue Vang’s deportation to Laos after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he terminated the Laotian national’s legal status.
Rubio said Vang had been freed just before a scheduled removal when Minnesota’s three-member Board of Pardons unanimously granted clemency on June 10.
Vang was convicted in 2006 for repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl between 2002 and 2004, and Rubio said the deportation ensures he “will never pose a threat to any American ever again.”
Tim Walz later defended the pardon even after the deportation, asking whether removing Vang made communities safer, while critics also targeted a Minnesota Star Tribune column praising his stance.