Tag: Hmong
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Hmong Community Fundraisers for Hmong New Years Festival
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) -While the end of summer is coming for most people, for the Hmong community a new harvest and the beginning of the new year are fast approaching. The Hmong New Year, referred … Full story: https://www.weau.com/2025/08/08/hmong-community-fundraisers-hmong-new-years-festival/
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Family members call on ICE to release Hmong refugees facing deportation
More than a dozen Hmong and Laotian Americans living in the Detroit area received a letter summoning them to the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office on July 30. Many thought it was … Full story: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a02ab9f3bb4410cb0e60f0516522cb5&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.detroitnews.com%2fstory%2fnews%2flocal%2fmichigan%2f2025%2f08%2f08%2ffamily-members-call-on-ice-to-release-hmong-refugees-from-detention%2f85565378007%2f&c=12746531774503571319&mkt=en-us
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Family members call on ICE to release Hmong refugees facing deportation in Michigan
More than a dozen Hmong and Laotian Americans living in the Detroit area received a letter summoning them to the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office on … Full story: https://www.swoknews.com/ap/national/family-members-call-on-ice-to-release-hmong-refugees-facing-deportation-in-michigan/article_9a997606-bf6c-53f7-ae65-9132377028d2.html
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Family members call on ICE to release Hmong refugees facing deportation
Many of those detained received removal orders after being convicted of crimes years ago, but were never deported because their home countries did not consider them citizens. Full story: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/08/08/family-members-call-on-ice-to-release-hmong-refugees-from-detention/85565378007/
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A refugee’s family fled war when he was a baby. 46 years later, he could be deported.
Under the Trump administration, some Hmong refugees are now facing deportation from the only country they’ve ever known. Full story: https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/08/a-refugees-family-fled-war-when-he-was-a-baby-46-years-later-he-could-be-deported.html
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Family of ICE-detained Hmong American man speaks out
The family of a Hmong American man is asking for help in getting him released from a Michigan immigration detention facility. Colin Jackson has more. Full story: https://www.wemu.org/michigan-news/2025-08-08/family-of-ice-detained-hmong-american-man-speaks-out
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Diaspora on display: Hmong, Nigerian and Oromo art exhibits land in the Twin Cities
Artists from Ethiopia, Kenya honor culture in St. Paul show; Hmong artists gather at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum; and a Nigerian photographer captures Minneapolis and the Black diaspora. Full story: https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/twin-cities-things-to-do-oromo-nigerian-hmong-art/
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A refugee’s family fled war when he was a baby. 46 years later, he could be deported.
Editor’s note: This story was updated with a statement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. LANSING, MI – Lue Yang, 47, was born stateless in a Thai refugee camp. As Hmong refugees, Yang’s … Full story: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=69b43a60d5c9479f8c86216d07b6163d&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.mlive.com%2fnews%2f2025%2f08%2fa-refugees-family-fled-war-when-he-was-a-baby-46-years-later-he-could-be-deported.html&c=1280193325395464455&mkt=en-us
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A refugee’s family fled war when he was a baby. 46 years later, he could be deported.
Editor’s note: This story was updated with a statement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. LANSING, MI – Lue Yang, 47, was born stateless in a Thai refugee camp. As Hmong refugees, Yang’s … Full story: https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/08/a-refugees-family-fled-war-when-he-was-a-baby-46-years-later-he-could-be-deported.html
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Family of ICE-detained Hmong refugee speaks out
The family of a Hmong refugee is asking for help in getting him released from a Michigan immigration detention facility. Full story: https://www.wkar.org/wkar-news/2025-08-08/family-of-ice-detained-hmong-refugee-speaks-out
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‘Don’t quite fit in’: Local Hmong poet’s work shares a life between worlds
Chippewa Valley-based poet S.Z. Putnam is very familiar with the world of immigrants. That’s because Putnam’s family was among the many Hmong who became refugees after the Vietnam War, facing … Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/dont-quite-fit-local-hmong-014700780.html
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Sacramento initiative connects Hmong youth internationally, fosters cultural exchange
Mikayla Her is one of four Sacramento young women who will travel to Laos later this year as part of Hmong Youth Beyond Borders, an initiative that has mentored and fostered a relationship between the … Full story: https://www.capradio.org/articles/2025/08/07/sacramento-initiative-connects-hmong-youth-internationally-fosters-cultural-exchange/
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Michigan lawmakers call for release of Hmong immigrants detained by ICE
Tags: call, communities, Hmong, home, human, human rights, immigrant, immigrants, Michigan, nation, news, rights, state, story, XiongFor Democratic State Rep. Mai Xiong, the struggle against ICE human rights abuses and the deportations affecting the nation’s immigrant communities are hitting closer to home. Xiong is currently … Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/michigan-lawmakers-call-release-hmong-195806987.html
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Michigan lawmakers asking for transparency after ICE detains Hmong community members
A total of 15 Michigan Hmong refugees were detained in July and lawmakers are asking for more transparency in response. Full story: https://wwmt.com/news/state/hmong-refugees-detained-ice-immigration-michigan-lawmakers-response-lansing-transparency-western-michigan-community-support-politics-law
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Sacramento initiative connects Hmong youth internationally, fosters cultural exchange
Later this year, a group of Hmong American young women from Sacramento will travel to Laos to finally meet their yearlong pen pals in person. They are part of Hmong Youth Beyond Borders (HYBB), a … Full story: https://www.capradio.org/articles/2025/08/07/sacramento-initiative-connects-hmong-youth-internationally-fosters-cultural-exchange/
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The Metro: Rep. Mai Xiong, Michigan’s first Hmong legislator, says refugees were wrongly targeted
State Rep. Mai Xiong questions ICE’s detention of Hmong refugees in Detroit. Learn why their legal status is prompting urgent demands for answers and accountability. Full story: https://wdet.org/2025/08/06/the-metro-rep-mai-xiong-michigans-first-hmong-legislator-says-refugees-were-wrongly-targeted/
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Fantasy and Fabrication Through a Hmong American Lens
The first survey of artist Pao Houa Her’s photo-based work explores images shaped by longing, loss, and cultural inheritance. Full story: https://www.vogue.com/article/pao-houa-her-the-imaginative-landscape