Tag: Texas
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Hmong grandmother detained in Texas for 2 weeks still doesn’t know why
After being repeatedly visited by ICE, Thi Dua Vang and her husband, both in the U.S. legally awaiting green cards, are in hiding. Full story: https://www.twincities.com/2026/02/15/hmong-grandmother-detained-in-texas-for-2-weeks-still-doesnt-know-why/
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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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Hunting and cooking squirrels is in Yia Vang’s blood
The chef and Outdoor Channel host has hunted Burmese python in the Everglades and fished for alligator gar in Texas. It all started with squirrels. Full story: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6939aceeb92846c8a3fb97635a587b5f&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.startribune.com%2fhunting-and-cooking-squirrels-is-in-yia-vangs-blood%2f601529358&c=11159627988597746689&mkt=en-us
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Hmong American Immersion School opens in Appleton
Boisterous Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) is headlining a wave of members of the hard-line House Freedom Caucus who are seeking higher office and will depart the lower chamber after the midterms, setting the … Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/hmong-american-immersion-school-opens-030501853.html
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Foodie Finds: Shrimp and Pork Toast OnStick
This year, one of the new foods at the fairgrounds is the Shrimp and Pork Toast On-A-Stick. To make this, Texas toast is smothered in a mix of ground pork, shrimp, Hmong aromatics and fish sauce and … Full story: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/news-at-noon/foodiefinds/foodie-finds-shrimp-and-pork-toast-on-a-stick/89-f6e5bf86-94c0-44aa-b182-a47524e6c778
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Ex-officer convicted in George Floyd’s killing is moved to new prison in Texas months after stabbing
Lane, who is white, held down Floyd’s legs. J. Alexander Kueng, who is Black, knelt on Floyd’s back, and Tou Thao, who is Hmong American, kept bystanders from intervening during the 9 1/2-minute … Full story: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=66c614dfa6af40828fa073fdd8a9e7c0&url=https%3a%2f%2fcw39.com%2fnews%2fu-s-news%2fex-officer-convicted-in-george-floyds-killing-is-moved-to-new-prison-in-texas-months-after-stabbing%2f&c=5104258152119239510&mkt=en-us
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Steve Cahalan: LAX Grille opens, Pastissimo is leaving and Ichiddo Ramen is coming to La Crosse
La Crosse’s restaurant scene is changing, with LAX Grille opening downtown, the Pastissimo pasta restaurant about to leave for Texas and Ichiddo Ramen opening in a few months in the former Fayze’s … Full story: https://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/business/lax-grille-restaurant-opening-downtown/article_2da82f0e-4525-11ef-8bd5-93c9639f496b.html
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Once Upon a Time in the CIA
A small-town Texan raises an army of 30,000 tribesmen for the C.I.A. in Southeast Asia and fights an innovative, successful war … for a while. Forty years later, Bill Lair is back home in Texas, … Read Full Article
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Teen accused of violent robbery that left Houston woman paralyzed is arrested
Joseph Harrell was captured on surveillance footage physically attacking Nhung Truong, 44, during a robbery at the 9800 block of Bellaire in Houston, Texas. Authorities said Harrell observed Truong … Read Full Article
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‘Bans Off Our Bodies’ rallies held across US in support of abortion rights
From Pittsburgh to Los Angeles, and Nashville, Tennessee, to Lubbock, Texas, tens of thousands participated in events. Read Full Article
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Sgt. Calfee handpicked for special mission
James Henry Calfee was born Jan. 5, 1932 in the Texas Gulf Sulphur company town of Newgulf in Wharton County, Texas to Jim and Lillian Calfee. He was their only … Read Full Article
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Californians begin using vote centers to cast their ballots
California holds the lion’s share of delegates Super Tuesday, when a total of 14 states including Texas, North Carolina and Massachusetts hold their primary elections. That means roughly one-third of … Read Full Article
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Julián Castro’s quiet moral radicalism
I would talk to them about places like the Twin Cities where the Hmong community has help those twin cities prosper. I would talk to them about places like Houston in my home state of Texas where … Read Full Article
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