Walz Again Questions Deportation Of The Child Rapist He Pardoned
Ten days after DHS deported Tou Lue Vang to Laos, Walz asked at a second press conference if removing him helped anyone.
- Vang was convicted in 2006 of raping a girl repeatedly, starting when she was ten.
- Walz, AG Keith Ellison and Chief Justice Hudson pardoned him June 10 after the victim forgave him.
- DHS deported him to Laos July 10, ending 32 years of US residency granted in 1994.
Why it matters: Clemency shields a man from the law once; defending it in public afterward shields the governor's own judgment.