Pardons Board Declines to Intervene as WA Immigrant Faces Deportation

Pardons board declines to intervene as WA immigrant faces deportation

The state’s Clemency and Pardons Board declined to recommend a pardon for Tuan Thanh Phan, a Vietnamese national who grew up in Tacoma now facing deportation to South Sudan — a country he has no ties to. Read more...

Gov. Ferguson denies pardon for Vietnamese man deported to Africa

Tuan Phan was detained by ICE agents shortly after he was released from a Washington prison, where he completed his 25-year sentence for murder.

Ferguson denies pardon for WA immigrant facing deportation to South Sudan

SEATTLE – Gov. Bob Ferguson declined to grant a pardon to a Vietnamese national who grew up in Tacoma, likely clearing the way for his deportation to South Sudan.

Ferguson denies pardon for Tuan Phan

Gov. Bob Ferguson has denied a pardon for Tuan Thanh Phan, a Vietnamese refugee and longtime Washington resident, just as the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for deportations to South Sudan—a war-torn country where Phan has never lived and fears for his life.