{"id":130960,"date":"2026-05-06T16:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/dhs-blasts-minnesota-board-for-unanimously-pardoning-illegal-immigrant-convicted-of-3-assaults-130960"},"modified":"2026-05-06T16:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:32:18","slug":"dhs-blasts-minnesota-board-for-unanimously-pardoning-illegal-immigrant-convicted-of-3-assaults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/dhs-blasts-minnesota-board-for-unanimously-pardoning-illegal-immigrant-convicted-of-3-assaults-130960","title":{"rendered":"DHS blasts Minnesota board for unanimously pardoning illegal immigrant convicted of 3 assaults"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>FOX FIRST:<\/strong> The U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/homeland-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a> (DHS) is blasting Minnesota officials after the state\u2019s Board of Pardons unanimously voted to pardon a Laotian national with multiple assault convictions \u2014 a move DHS warned could block his long-standing deportation order.<\/p>\n<p>Xayasounethone\u00a0Chandee, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\/illegal-immigrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal immigrant<\/a> from Laos, was convicted of assault\u00a0in 1992. Following the jury&#8217;s decision, an immigration judge issued Chandee a final order of removal in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the order, Chandee was not deported and was convicted again in 2008 of two felony counts of\u00a0aggravated assault with a weapon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DHS said the Minnesota Board of Pardons\u2019 decision to pardon Chandee could now thwart his removal from the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/illegal-alien-24-convictions-among-worst-of-worst-arrested-minnesota-ice-operation-dhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ILLEGAL ALIEN WITH 24 CONVICTIONS AMONG \u2018WORST OF THE WORST\u2019 ARRESTED IN MINNESOTA ICE OPERATION: DHS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Minnesota Board of Pardons\u2019 unanimous decision\u00a0pardoning an illegal alien convicted of three\u00a0violent\u00a0assaults\u00a0is absolute INSANITY,&#8221; DHS acting assistant secretary Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital.\u00a0&#8220;Chandee lost his green card following his convictions for\u00a0aggravated assault with a weapon.\u00a0Following his criminal convictions, he was placed in removal proceedings and issued a final order of removal by a judge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/scourge-sexual-predators-violent-criminals-being-removed-from-minneapolis-streets-despite-backlash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota&#8217;s sanctuary politicians&#8217;<\/a> pardon took away this violent thug\u2019s qualifying convictions that made him removable from the U.S.,&#8221; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Chandee entered the country as a legal permanent resident when he was a minor. However, visas and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">green cards<\/a> can be revoked when a holder breaks the law.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a privilege to be granted a visa or green card to live in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States<\/a> of America,&#8221; DHS wrote in a statement. &#8220;When you break our laws, that privilege should be revoked, and you should not be in this country.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/dhs-blasts-minnesota-board-unanimously-pardoning-illegal-immigrant-convicted-3-assaults\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/dhs-blasts-minnesota-board-unanimously-pardoning-illegal-immigrant-convicted-3-assaults <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOX FIRST: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is blasting Minnesota officials after the state\u2019s Board of Pardons unanimously voted to pardon a Laotian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-130960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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