Tag: St. Paul
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How 7 St. Paul Council members, Mayor Her dealt with Operation Metro Surge
For five days, Nelsie Yang worried over the fate of her father’s younger brother, a beloved uncle removed from his home by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the presence of his wailing children, … Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/7-st-paul-council-members-100200486.html
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Minnesota Humanities Center Launches Two Youth Poetry Programs
Tags: arts, celebrate, celebration, communities, community, council, culture, event, Featured, festival, future, generation, heritage, history, humanities, identity, information, leadership, Legacy Amendment, life, local, march, media, Minnesota, nation, national, non-profit, organization, original, past, people, performances, poetry, poets, president, service, short, society, St. Paul, state, story, summer, support, United States, Voices Forward, work, youthFebruary 27, 2026—ST. PAUL, MN— The Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) announces the launch of two programs that highlight and uplift the work of youth poets in Minnesota: Voices Forward and the Minnesota Youth Poet Laureate. Applications for both programs are open until March 16 and can be found on MHC’s website (Voices Forward, Minnesota Youth Poet Laureate). CEO Kevin Lindsey stated that “MHC is…
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St. Paul City Council rejects grant extension for Lockheed Martin subsidiary
Swayed by public outcry, the St. Paul City Council recently voted to decline to extend the terms of a state grant awarded to a three-year-old microelectronics subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, the … Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/st-paul-city-council-rejects-180600011.html
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Mayor Kaohly Her returns to St. Kate’s to break new ground in women’s leadership
St. Paul’s first woman and Asian American mayor, Kaohly Her chose The O’Shaughnessy for her inauguration in recognition of St. Kate’s as a women’s and Minority Serving Institution. Photo courtesy of … Full story: https://www.stkate.edu/newswire/news/mayor-kaohly-her-returns-st-kates-break-new-ground-womens-leadership-2026
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St. Paul Hmong woman with manslaughter conviction makes it through immigration check-in
Xay Yang, the advocate who accompanied Nou, is executive director of Transforming Generations, a St. Paul nonprofit that provides support services to victims and survivors of domestic violence and … Full story: https://www.twincities.com/2026/02/10/disabled-hmong-woman-not-detained-case-unresolved/
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St. Paul Hmong woman with manslaughter conviction makes it through immigration check-in
A Hmong woman living in St. Paul was not detained during a Tuesday appointment at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office, as she feared, but her case remains unresolved. She was married … Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/st-paul-hmong-woman-manslaughter-210800560.html
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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 month of learning, advocacy, frustration for St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her
Whenever she leaves home, Kaohly Her carries her passport in the event she’s stopped by federal agents. That might be notable enough given that Her, a U.S. citizen, arrived in the American Midwest as … Full story: https://www.aol.com/articles/month-learning-advocacy-frustration-st-113100371.html
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Fresno’s Hmong community connects with those in Minnesota in light of escalating ICE enforcement
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Fresno and the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have the largest Hmong populations in the country. The two are interconnected, with a vast majority of families split … Full story: https://abc30.com/post/fresnos-hmong-community-connects-minnesota-light-escalating-ice-enforcement/18556670/
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Holiday Moscow mule @OLIPOP
Olympic snowboarder turned ‘most wanted’ fugitive Ryan Wedding arrested St. Paul’s Hmong community “afraid to leave their homes” due to ICE, mayor says The superintendent of a Minnesota school … Full story: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/fitness/holiday-moscow-mule-olipop/vi-AA1USdyb
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DOJ says Hmong grandfather lived with sex offenders — one has been in MN prison for months
The sex offenders federal authorities said they were seeking when they detained an elderly Hmong man in St. Paul Sunday do not appear to be missing and may not be registered sex offenders. Full story: https://www.twincities.com/2026/01/23/doj-says-hmong-grandfather-lived-with-sex-offenders-but-one-has-been-in-state-prison-for-months/
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Minneapolis live updates: Trump says DHS Secretary Noem won’t step down
Attorney General Pam Bondi and other top administration officials said that the Justice Department is investigating an apparent disruption that occurred at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sunday … Full story: https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/minneapolis-ice-shooting-live-updates-doj-investigating-apparent/?entryId=129365079&id=129340693
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DOJ says Hmong grandfather lived with sex offenders — but one has been in state prison for months
The sex offenders federal authorities said they were seeking when they detained an elderly Hmong man in St. Paul Sunday do not appear to be missing and may not be registered sex offenders. After … Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/doj-says-hmong-grandfather-lived-153700194.html
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Target of viral ICE raid in St. Paul has been in prison since 2024
DHS defended the St. Paul raid by claiming agents were searching for two “violent” suspects, but court records show one of the men has been incarcerated in Minnesota since September 2024. Full story: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6973062f00c348a092a6d48333072dd8&url=https%3a%2f%2fbringmethenews.com%2fminnesota-news%2fone-of-the-men-ice-was-looking-for-when-it-arrested-us-citizen-in-st-paul-has-been-in-prison-since-2024&c=17707032102404417013&mkt=en-us
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St. Paul mayor says city’s Hmong community “afraid to leave their homes” due to ICE
Tags: American, city, community, Her, Hmong, Hmong American, ICE, immigration, Kaohly Her, mayor, news, St. Paul, storySt. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, a Hmong American who represents the city with the largest concentration of Hmong in the U.S., says fear of immigration enforcement has driven naturalized U.S. citizens to … Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/st-paul-mayor-says-citys-021252077.html
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St. Paul’s Hmong community “afraid to leave their homes” due to ICE, mayor says
Tags: communities, community, Her, Hmong, Hmong Village, ICE, immigrant, Kaohly Her, mayor, Minnesota, news, St. Paul, story, videos, villageIn St. Paul, Minnesota’s Hmong Village, empty stalls line a once busy marketplace. Nicole Sganga spoke to St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her about the deeply-rooted fear spreading within immigrant communities. Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/st-pauls-hmong-community-afraid-005223135.html