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He’s right. This should not have been a difficult decision. A non-citizen convicted of sexually abusing a child — a child — has no legal or moral claim to remain on American soil. The pardon removes the conviction from Minnesota’s books. It does not create a right to citizenship. It does not override federal immigration authority. It does not undo what he did to that little girl.
But without having to deal with that possibility, Walz looked at all of this and sided with the offender over the victim, over the law, and over the safety of the American public.
Marco Rubio looked at the same situation and sided with America.
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