After Governor Pardons Refugee in ICE Detention, He Could Still Get Deported

Gov. Whitmer pardons Hmong refugee arrested by ICE facing deportation

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued a pardon for a Hmong community leader in Lansing arrested by ICE.

After governor pardons refugee in ICE detention, he could still get deported

LANSING, MI - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer this week pardoned Lue Yang, a Hmong refugee who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) enforcement over a decades-old conviction that had been expunged from his record.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pardons Hmong refugee facing deportation in ‘race against time’

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pardons Lue Yang, a Hmong refugee detained by immigration officials based on a decades-old criminal record already expunged by the state. Advocates are not sure where he is.

Whitmer pardons Hmong community leader detained by ICE as efforts to return him to Michigan persist

Hmong refugee and community leader Lue Yang and his wife, Ann Vue | Photo courtesy of Ann VueMichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced on Thursday she had granted a pardon request for Lue Yang, a Hmong refugee and president of the Hmong Family Association of Lansing who was detained by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in July over a decades-old criminal conviction. Yang was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, and came to the U.S. in 1979…

Whitmer pardons Hmong community leader facing deportation - WDET 101.9 FM

Amid reports that federal immigration officials are accelerating the deportation process of Lue Yang, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has pardoned the Hmong refugee. The governor called him “a devoted family man and respected leader in Michigan’s Hmong community.” Yang, 47, a father of six from St. Johns, was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in July. ICE cites a decades-old conviction for attempted second-degree home invasion, a c…

Gretchen Whitmer pardons criminal illegal alien to protect from deportation, undermine Trump immigration policy

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued a pardon Thursday for Lue Yang, a Hmong illegal, living in Michigan and currently held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Yang was scheduled for deportation today after federal authorities moved to remove him based on a felony conviction from the 1990s. While the conviction was expunged in 2018 under Michigan law, ICE did not recognize the expungement, leaving him in federal custody. His current location ha…