Tag: refugee
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Wednesday news: Huab tais Charles tham txog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm AUKUS partnership
NSW tej gas siv, One Nation lub dav hlau, Australia tej kab theem nyiaj poob nqe, cov kev pab cuam neeg puas cev (NDIS), Australia cov kev koom tes tswj ib puag ncig, khoom plig refugee award, tus me … Full story: https://www.sbs.com.au/language/hmong/hmv/podcast-episode/wednesday-news-king-charles-important-message-on-aukus-partnership/dx2nyzu3n
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‘Language lost. Culture lost’: In Milwaukee, a race to keep Rohingya language alive in exile
After ethnic cleansing in Myanmar scattered Rohingya communities, a grassroots effort in Milwaukee is testing whether teaching the language in written form can help it survive — and whether … Full story: https://wisconsinwatch.org/2026/04/wisconsin-milwaukee-rohingya-language-culture-myanmar-refugee-hmong/
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A Half Century Home: 50 Years of Hmong Resettlement in Eau Claire, A Documentary
Eau Claire welcomed its first Hmong refugee family. The Moua family, sponsored by Trinity Lutheran Church, arrived at the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in the brisk early spring of 1976 with all … Full story: https://volumeone.org/articles/2026/03/17/384915-film-premiere-a-half-century-home-50-years-of-hmong-resettlement-in-eau-claire
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A Half Century Home: 50 Years of Hmong Resettlement in Eau Claire, A Documentary
50 years ago, Eau Claire welcomed its first Hmong refugee family. The Moua family, sponsored by Trinity Lutheran Church, arrived at the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in the brisk early spring of … Full story: https://volumeone.org/articles/2026/03/17/384915-film-premiere-a-half-century-home-50-years-of-hmong-resettlement-in-eau-claire
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Thai American oncologist wins $25K for refugee families
By Anni Nagaiah, AsAmNews Intern Dr. Ruetima Titapiwatanakun, a pediatric hematologist and oncologist at … Full story: https://www.msn.com/en-us/public-safety-and-emergencies/general/thai-american-oncologist-wins-25k-for-refugee-families/ar-AA1YW5SY
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A 1997 conviction almost got him deported. A Michigan judge just erased it.
A judge agreed to vacate an old conviction for a Hmong refugee who was pardoned by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer while in ICE detention last year. Full story: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=69ba292036c94c589b51652b63f8296f&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.mlive.com%2fnews%2f2026%2f03%2fa-1997-conviction-almost-got-him-deported-a-michigan-judge-just-erased-it.html&c=1605047441643619826&mkt=en-us
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St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her to be honored Friday at community reception in McFarland
St. Paul’s mayor will come to McFarland later this week for a community reception celebrating her accomplishments. Mayor Kaohly Her was born in Laos and came to the United States as a refugee. She … Full story: https://madison365.com/st-paul-mayor-kaohly-her-to-be-honored-friday-at-community-reception-in-mcfarland/
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Judge voids conviction against Hmong refugee held by ICE for months
A Hmong refugee detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more than five months last year cleared a significant legal hurdle in court Friday … Full story: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/judge-voids-conviction-against-hmong-refugee-held-by-ice-for-months/ar-AA1YA06u
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A month of learning, advocacy, frustration for St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her
St. Paul’s first refugee mayor now presides over a city where ICE agents have gone door to door looking for immigrants, including members of her own ethnic group. Full story: https://www.twincities.com/2026/02/08/a-month-of-learning-advocacy-frustration-for-st-paul-mayor-kaohly-her/
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A Hmong child bride who killed her husband years ago dreads her next ICE check-in
If she could go back in time, she never would have married him. Nou was 15 and living in a refugee camp in Thailand when she was wed to a much older man. She didn’t want to and, with decades of … Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hmong-child-bride-killed-her-115100564.html
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‘I felt hopeless’: Hmong refugee stranded in Texas after release from ICE detention
Thi Dua Vang, a Hmong refugee fleeing religious persecution, was arrested by ICE. When a judge ordered her release, she was left alone outside the detention center. Her story isn’t rare, experts say. Full story: https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/ice-detainees-stranded-after-release/
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Hmong refugee in Michigan freed by ICE after several months in prison
A 47-year-old Hmong refugee who has lived in Michigan since he was 8 months old was freed Wednesday, Dec. 3, from the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after spending several months … Full story: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6999ea6ff9ce4b22a4575ff4fa7f0b2d&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.freep.com%2fstory%2fnews%2flocal%2fmichigan%2f2025%2f12%2f03%2fhmong-refugee-lue-yang-released-by-ice-after-months-in-prison%2f87592317007%2f&c=11372860089224397258&mkt=en-us
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Readers and writers: Bidania’s latest shows a new side of Hmong experience
Vong Bidania’s earliest childhood memory, faded now like an old color photo, is of an orange bus pulling out of a refugee camp in Thailand. “I was so young, I’m not sure if this is real or something I … Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/readers-writers-bidania-latest-shows-121400460.html
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Schofield pastor shares story of his first Christmas as refugee
As a refugee from Thailand who knew little English, Yang didn’t know what Christmas was when he first heard about it at school. Yang was one of 11 siblings living in a two-bedroom duplex. His father … Full story: https://www.wsaw.com/2025/12/24/schofield-pastor-shares-story-his-first-christmas-refugee/
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Hmong refugee in Michigan remains in legal limbo after pardon stopped his deportation
A 47-year-old father of six from mid-Michigan who has lived in the U.S. since he was nearly 2 spent five months in ICE detention centers this year … Full story: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=694a27b1825b47af86a0e7a1c886a2c9&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.detroitnews.com%2fstory%2fnews%2flocal%2fmichigan%2f2025%2f12%2f22%2fhmong-refugee-lue-yang-whitmer-pardon-ice-immigration-detention-baldwin-michigan-laos-thailand-trump%2f87845363007%2f&c=13355532063600178030&mkt=en-us
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How to watch: ‘Hmong in Minnesota: 50 years of resilience’ documentary on FOX 9
The BriefThis FOX 9 documentary shows the journey of Hmong Americans in Minnesota, who are celebrating 50 years since the first Hmong refugee was resettled in the state.Minnesota is now home to one of … Full story: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-to-watch-hmong-in-minnesota-50-years-of-resilience-documentary-on-fox-9/ar-AA1SBx6W
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Kao Kalia Yang gives voice to the Hmong refugee experience at the Ordway
Kao Kalia Yang reads her children’s books at the Ordway; the Guthrie stages a West Side Story-inspired play; and two exhibits put the American dream under a microscope. Full story: https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/twin-cities-things-to-do-kao-kalia-yang-guthrie-soo-vac/