This act alone should put Walz in prison - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz approved a pardon last month for an illegal alien convicted of repeatedly raping a child, a decision federal immigration officials say could erase the convictions that made him deportable and allow him to remain in the United States. --- Tou Lue Vang, a Laotian national who entered California in 1994 and later received legal status under former President Bill Clinton, was convicted in 2006 of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. The conviction cost him that status, and a Department of Justice immigration judge later issued a final order of removal. Nearly two decades later, Minnesota officials have moved to wipe the slate clean. --- Vang was convicted after repeatedly sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl between 2002 and 2004. According to the Department of Homeland Security, he once offered the child $10 to keep quiet. When questioned by police, DHS said Vang tried to justify the abuse as cultural, allegedly telling investigators, “It is a cultural thing […] to marry and have sex with girls as young as 12.” DHS said he also claimed the 10-year-old victim was just as guilty as he was and should have been arrested. --- Walz approved the pardon after the Minnesota Clemency Review Commission recommended it and the state Board of Pardons signed off. Minnesota pardons require unanimous approval from the governor, attorney general and chief justice of the state Supreme Court. --- https://mxmnews.com/article/3494abd4-6fc9-4e8e-982c-0788b83540a1?walz-pardon-could-spare-child-rapist-from-deportation
