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Utah business, refugee leaders urge community to hire refugees
Top metro areas for select refugee communities Marjorie Cortez (Photo: Mary Archbold) For the report, “Refugee Integration in the United States,” researchers examined the contributions and experiences of Bosnian, Burmese, Hmong, and Somali refugees.
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In My Writing, I Hope My Father Finds A Place To Belong
The Thai men with guns stood their ground around the 400 acres I knew as my home, Ban Vinai Refugee Camp, a place I shared with 40,000 other Hmong people. Even as a child, I knew not to wander far. My playground was the stretch of my mother’s sarong.
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Minnesota immigrant accused of stealing from Hmong elders in fraud scheme
A MAPLEWOOD man was charged in federal court on Wednesday with having defrauded Hmong elders, out of more than $1.3 million, in a scheme that promised property and homes in a new Southeast Asian homeland. Seng Xiong, 48, is facing one count each of wire …
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Maplewood Man Charged With $1.3M Fraud Scheme To Start New Hmong Country
A Maplewood man was indicted on Wednesday for operating a complex fraud scheme targeted at Hmong elders. Court documents indicate Seng Xiong, 48, founded the organization “International Fund for Hmong Development” in 2011, which was typically called …
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Holmen high students create English, Hmong books
Three new books authored and illustrated by Holmen High School students now grace the shelves of the learning material centers of the four School District of Holmen elementary schools. The books were published by the high school students in the English as …
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Intensification of Lao PDR Military Campaign Against Hmong Community
The Laotian army has in recent days intensified its ongoing military campaign against the Hmong Indigenous community taking refuge in the jungles of the Phou Bia region of Laos. On 13 June 2016 it was reported that several helicopters landed in the jungle …
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Business Journal recognizes two Clarke Square neighbors as Milwaukee women of influence
Tags American, business, charter school, Her, Hmong American, journal, Milwaukee, organization, peace, schoolHer-Xiong is the founder and Executive Director of the Hmong American Peace Academy (HAPA), a nonprofit organization founded in 2004. HAPA is a college preparatory K4-12 th grade charter school that provides students with rigorous academics, character …
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Obama Set to Announce More Funding for Clearing Old Bombs in Laos
In 2004, in an ethnic Hmong village close to the provincial capital, Phonsavan, Ai Vue lost her son and two nephews when they discovered an unexploded bomb lodged in a tree stump near their home. “We don’t know if they knocked it or if it just fell and …
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Maplewood Man Indicted In Hmong Homeland Fraud Scheme
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 48-year-old Maplewood man is accused of fraud after taking money from Hmong elders and promising land in return, according to charges filed Wednesday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Seng Xiong was charged with one count each of …
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Maplewood Man Indicted in ‘Hmong Homeland’ Scheme
A Maplewood man has been indicted after prosecutors say he ran a scheme promising Hmong elders 10 acres of land, a house and other benefits in a future country that would be established as a Hmong homeland. Forty-eight-year-old Seng Xiong has been charged …
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To Be Both Midwestern and Hmong, Cont’d
Doualy Xaykaothao, a journalist based on Minnesota, recently gave us a look at what it’s like to be Hmong American in the Midwest, and his piece got a good amount of response from Atlantic readers. If you’re unfamiliar with the Hmong, they’re an …
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Hmong Still Struggle for Acceptance in Wisconsin Communities
Reporter Doualy Xaykaothao speaking with Lake Effect’s Joy Powers. The history of the Hmong people in Wisconsin goes back decades, to 1975 when thousands of Hmong were resettled in the U.S. after aiding American troops during the Vietnam War. Many landed …
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Minnesota memorial honors Hmong soldiers of 1961-1975 ‘secret war’ in Laos
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA – A new memorial on the Minnesota Capitol grounds honors soldiers of the “secret war” in Laos. Hundreds gathered Saturday for the dedication of the memorial to the U.S. and Alliance Special Forces in Laos, Minnesota Public Radio …
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Minnesota memorial honors soldiers of ‘secret war’
The memorial was inspired by survivors of the secret war from 1961-1975 in Laos, and their children. Many Hmong soldiers were trained by the U.S. to fight off the communist expansion in Southeast Asia during the war. (Peter Cox/Minnesota Public Radio via …
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Memorial honors soldiers of ‘secret war’
Laos was neutral during the Vietnam War, but the CIA recruited Hmong soldiers to carry on a covert campaign. After the U.S. pulled out of Laos and Vietnam, tens of thousands fled and lived in refugee camps in Thailand. Many refugees eventually resettled in …
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10 Facts That Will Challenge What You Know About The Vietnam War
10CIA Abandonment Of The Hmong During The ‘Secret War’ In 1965, the CIA began fighting what would later be known as the “Secret War” under the airline Air America, which was owned secretly. By 1961, 9,000 Hmong guerrillas had been recruited to help …
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New memorial honors Hmong service in ‘secret war’
ST. PAUL — Hundreds gathered on a very warm Saturday at the state Capitol for the dedication of a memorial to U.S. and Alliance Special Forces in Laos. The 10-foot tall bronze monument was inspired by survivors of the “Secret War” in the southeast Asian …