15 Hmong Minnesotans face deportation over past convictions
As many as 15 Hmong Minnesotans are facing deportation after being arrested by ICE at workplaces, in homes and in front of children and neighbors earlier this month.
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The St. Paul field office for Homeland Security Investigations recently posted on X the names and arrest photos of men from Laos or Thailand that the agency said were living in the country illegally and had a criminal record. The posts said most are in their 40s and labeled them convicted sex offenders.
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Some Hmong Minnesotans say they suspect many of the decades-old arrests that led to the deportations were a result of Hmong culture encouraging girls as young as 14 to date and even marry older men, which is against the law in the United States. Their lives in Southeast Asia often lacked education, several Hmong Minnesotans said, and they often did not understand American laws.
They say these men served their time and that deportation amounts to double jeopardy.
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