State clemency panel weighs pardon to halt Laos deportation
The Minnesota Clemency Review Commission is weighing a pardon request for La Thammavong in St. Paul today to halt his deportation to Laos, which doctors say could be a death sentence without medication.[1]
Commission members heard that ICE flagged Thammavong after stopping his wife in Rochester when she followed and recorded agents and ran the license plate on his car.[1] An ICE agent was recorded telling her she had "aided" in her husband's deportation and calling him a "threat level 1." FOX 9
Thammavong has past assault (1994), drug (2000) and theft (2001) convictions that triggered a long-standing federal deportation order.[1] A Mayo Clinic doctor told the panel that without his current transplant and heart-failure medications deportation to Laos could be fatal.[1]
The commission's decision could determine whether his long-standing federal deportation order is halted.[1]
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- The Minnesota Clemency Review Commission is considering a pardon request for La Thammavong at a meeting today in St. Paul.
- Thammavong has past assault (1994), drug (2000) and theft (2001) convictions that triggered a long‑standing federal deportation order.
- A Mayo Clinic doctor warned that without his current transplant and heart‑failure medications, deportation to Laos could be a death sentence.
- ICE flagged Thammavong after stopping his wife in Rochester for following and recording agents and running the license plate on the car he owns.
- An ICE agent was recorded telling her she had 'aided' in her husband’s deportation and calling him a 'threat level 1.'
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