Minnesota Commission Grants Pardon to Twin Cities Man Aiming to Avoid Deportation
The commission voted 6-0 to recommend a pardon as his family seeks to stop a Tuesday deportation tied to a 30-year-old assault conviction.
- On Monday, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and the Board of Pardons unanimously granted a pardon to At 'Ricky' Chandee, halting his scheduled Tuesday deportation after his detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during Operation Metro Surge.
- Chandee, a 52-year-old Lao refugee and Minneapolis public servant, faced removal due to a 1993 second-degree assault conviction when he was 18 years old, having arrived in the United States as a refugee fleeing the Vietnam War more than 30 years ago.
- Working for the City of Minneapolis for 27 years, Chandee has been 'contributing to his community without further incident,' supporters testified last week, and he earned an engineering certificate during his three years in prison following the 1993 conviction.
- Although state officials granted a pardon to Chandee, it does not automatically stop the federal deportation order, and attorneys now seek a federal judge's stay to prevent his removal from the United States.
- Walz criticized the government's actions as a 'campaign of retribution' against those who have 'paid their debt,' though federal officials have not yet responded to requests for comment regarding the case.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota officials offered a rare, last-minute pardon to a Laotian refugee in the hopes of halting his deportation after he was swept up in the federal government’s unprecedented immigration crackdown. The man, Ricky Chandee, was detained by immigration…
Brooklyn Park man pardoned of assault conviction that landed him in immigration detention
A Brooklyn Park man who was detained by immigration officers during Operation Metro Surge was pardoned by state officials in an emergency meeting Monday, offering him a chance of reuniting with his family. At “Ricky” Chandee, 52, is a Lao refugee, a father and a longtime public servant, Gov. Tim Walz said in a statement issued Monday after the pardon. Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellision and Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson…
Minnesota grants pardon to man facing imminent deportation after ICE arrest
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