Tag: Laos
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Hmong American Democrat wins special election to fill seat of slain Minnesota lawmaker
A former city councilman whose family fled war-torn Laos has won the Minnesota House seat left vacant by an assassinated Democratic leader, returning the chamber to an even partisan split that … Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hmong-american-democrat-wins-special-165357161.html
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Minnesota officials urged to act as Hmong residents face deportation to Laos
Minnesota lawmakers and community leaders are calling on Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison to intervene as federal authorities began deporting Hmong residents with decades old … Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/minnesota-officials-urged-act-hmong-173536870.html
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Minnesota lawmakers ask state officials to intervene as Hmong Minnesotans face deportation to Laos
About 100 people rallied at the East Side Freedom Library in St. Paul against the deportation of Southeast Asian and Hmong immigrants. Full story: https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-lawmakers-ask-state-officials-to-intervene-as-hmong-minnesotans-face-deportation-to-laos/601371725
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Minnesota lawmakers ask state officials to intervene as Hmong Minnesotans face deportation to Laos
About 100 people rallied in St. Paul Sunday against the deportation of Hmong Minnesotans to Laos. A lawmaker asked Gov. Walz to intervene. Full story: https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/hmong-deportations-rally-st-paul-minnesota-laos/
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Hmong refugees from Michigan among those deported to Laos, despite calls for release
Despite impassioned pleas from relatives and Michigan lawmakers, at least half a dozen Hmong refugees were deported to Laos this week. Full story: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/08/15/hmong-refugees-among-those-deported-to-laos/85680464007/
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‘I wish I could turn back time’: Hmong father among four Minnesotans facing deportation to Laos this week
Four Hmong Minnesotans arrested in June as part of a ramped up campaign of deportations are headed to Laos, a country where they have few ties. Full story: https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/hmong-minnesotans-deported-laos/
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Christians violently driven from homes in Laos
Landlocked nation officially guarantees freedom of religion, but Christians are increasingly being attacked and persecuted … Full story: https://www.ucanews.com/news/christians-violently-driven-from-homes-in-laos/109937
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ICE Arrests 16 Migrants From Community That Helped US in Vietnam War
Tags: arrested, community, deportation, Hmong, immigrants, immigration, Laos, Laotian, story, Vietnam, warImmigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 16 Hmong and Laotian immigrants in Detroit, and they now face deportation. Full story: https://www.newsweek.com/ice-migrants-hmong-laos-vietnam-war-2111676
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ICE arrests 16 Hmong, Laotian refugees in Michigan. Family, legislators ask for release.
In the 1960s, the CIA recruited Hmong people in Laos to battle Communist forces in southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Many of them sacrificed their lives to help the U.S. and saved the lives of … Full story: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ice-arrests-16-hmong-laotian-refugees-in-michigan-family-legislators-ask-for-release/ar-AA1KcSoj
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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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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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A US war forced her parents to flee. Now, a Wisconsin mother has been deported back to the country she never called home
Ma Yang, a 37-year-old mother of five, was detained and deported to Laos – a small country in Southeast Asia that her parents had fled four decades earlier. Full story: https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/us/ma-yang-laos-trump-deportations-intl-hnk
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Minnesota refugee challenges U.S. for release from ICE custody
The attorney for Tou Pao Lee, who was born in a Thai refugee camp, said his deportation has been in limbo for 20 years since the U.S. has been unable to secure a key document from Laos for his removal … Full story: https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-refugee-challenges-us-for-release-from-ice-custody/601438191
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How protected are Minnesota’s refugees from deportation?
When ICE rounded up over a dozen Hmong men from Minnesota last month, the agency posted their photos online along with the criminal sex convictions for which the men were going to be deported to Laos, … Full story: https://www.msn.com/
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Two dozen Hmong men in Minnesota face deportation
Twenty-four Hmong men who settled in Minnesota decades ago are being held in jails across Minnesota and Iowa as they await deportation to Laos, according to the Hmong 18 Council, a local Hmong … Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/two-dozen-hmong-men-minnesota-142234546.html
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Two dozen Hmong Minnesotans await deportation to Laos after new round of ICE arrests
Two dozen Hmong men who have lived in Minnesota for decades are being held in Minnesota and Iowa jails awaiting deportation, according to the executive director of a Twin Cities-based Hmong advocacy … Full story: https://www.msn.com/