Hmong Minnesotan Ordered Deported to Laos Speaks Out About Arrest

Hmong Minnesotans face deportation to Laos after ICE arrests

The deportations bring anxiety in the Hmong community, and accusations of cultural misunderstanding.

Hmong Minnesotan ordered deported to Laos speaks out about arrest

Chia Neng Vue was napping after a night shift when his 5-year-old son saw officers in armored vests outside the window of the family’s Coon Rapids home.  “Hey buddy,” said one of the officers, when Leon opened the door. “Is your dad home?” It was a week after Vue’s most recent check-in with the Federal Immigration Court at Fort Snelling. At the time, court officers had told him to check back with them in six months, a temporary reprieve in a cli…