Pam McElwee: If you know anything about the Vietnam War, you know why Hmong Americans are here in the US - they were US allies who risked their lives in Laos to aid the US and had to flee at the end of the war when the Pathet Lao won. Infuriating that members of their community are being targeted like this

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If you know anything about the Vietnam War, you know why Hmong Americans are here in the US - they were US allies who risked their lives in Laos to aid the US and had to flee at the end of the war when the Pathet Lao won. Infuriating that members of their community are being targeted like this
- Marisa Kabas marisakabas.bsky.social · Jan 20
  New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for. My story:
  Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
  
  DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
  
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