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Agency official says legal status revoked and Tuuli Vang removed after Minnesota pardon
Summary
An agency official announced the revocation of the U.S. legal status of Laotian national Tuuli Vang, whom the speaker said had been convicted of abusing a 10-year-old. The official criticized Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for pardoning the offender and said federal agents have taken him into custody and removed him from the country.
An agency official announced that the United States revoked the legal status of Laotian national Tuuli Vang and that federal agents had taken him into custody and removed him from the country. The official said the action followed a pardon issued by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz that the speaker said had shielded Vang from deportation.
The official said, "Just weeks ago, a convicted *** offender and a foreign national was shielded from deportation by the governor of Minnesota." The speaker identified the person as "Laotian national, Tuuli Vang," and said Vang "was convicted of repeatedly ******** abusing a 10 year old girl." The official added that the individual "even tried to pay his victim for her silence, and he called his heinous crimes a minor thing."
According to the announcement, "just days before this foreign *** offender was scheduled to be deported, Tim Walz, the governor, issued him a pardon, setting him free to once again endanger the children of America." The official said that in response they "revoked his legal status in The United States," after which "federal agents took him into custody" and, the speaker said, "as of today, he has been removed from The United States."
The official framed the action as a protective measure: "Because of our action, this foreign criminal will never pose a threat to any American ever again." The speaker said the administration would "always stand with the American people and defend them from violent criminals."
The announcement links three factual claims: that Vang was convicted of repeatedly abusing a 10-year-old; that Governor Tim Walz issued a pardon shortly before a scheduled deportation; and that federal agents took the individual into custody and removed him from the United States. The transcript does not provide documents, court citations, or a separate on-the-record confirmation of the pardon or the removal; the statements are presented by the agency official without further corroboration in the record.
No further procedural details, such as which federal office executed the revocation, the legal basis cited for the revocation, or the location and timing of the removal, were provided in the remarks. The statement also did not specify whether any appeals or other legal avenues remain available to the individual.
