The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an opposing response Wednesday to Minnesota’s pardon of an illegal immigrant who was convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in 2006.
Tou Lue Vang, of Laos, entered California in 1994 and was granted legal status by the Clinton administration but had it revoked upon his conviction and removal order in 2006, DHS said. He remained in prison for the next two decades and was set to be deported this month until the Minnesota Clemency Review Commission voted to grant his pardon on June 10.
Vang’s pardon removed his qualifying convictions that made him removable from the United States, according to DHS….