Rubio Revokes Legal Status of Walz-Pardoned Child Predator, Ensuring Deportation

Court records show he pleaded guilty in a deal that spared him prison time but resulted in a stayed 12-year sentence, eight months in a county workhouse, and 30 years of supervised probation, which was discharged in 2019.

He reportedly attempted to pay his victim for her silence and later described the crimes as “minor things.”

Following his conviction, Vang lost his legal status and was placed in removal proceedings.

An immigration judge issued a final order of removal in 2006.

He was facing imminent deportation when the pardon was granted, which critics say was designed to strip away the convictions that made him removable under federal law.

In a video posted to X, Rubio detailed the administration’s response: “Just weeks ago, a foreign child rapist was freed to once again endanger America’s children after receiving a pardon from Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Just days before he was scheduled to be deported, the Minnesota Governor pardoned him, setting him free to endanger American families once again. Well, this week I revoked his legal status in the United States and as a result, federal agents took him into custody and as of today, he has been removed from the United States. Because of our action, this foreign criminal will never pose a threat to any American ever again.”