Chongly Scott Thao, 56, was resting at his home in St. Paul on Sunday when federal brokers forcibly entered, ordering him and his daughter-in-law to place their fingers up, in line with Thao’s sister-in-law, Louansee Moua.
The brokers pointed their weapons at Thao’s daughter-in-law and ignored the residents after they provided to provide an ID for Thao, in line with Moua, who mentioned Thao is a U.S. citizen of Laotian Hmong descent.
As a substitute, Moua mentioned, the brokers handcuffed Thao and introduced him outdoors within the 10-degree climate, carrying solely a pair of sneakers, underwear and a blanket belonging to his 5-year-old grandson, who was crying inside.
A person, whose household requested a Hmong interpreter, is detained after ICE brokers and different regulation enforcement officers performed an immigration raid at his dwelling, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 18, 2026.
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They took him and drove him round for an hour earlier than dropping him again off, Moua mentioned.
On Monday, Homeland Safety mentioned in an on-line assertion that brokers had been on the home looking for two intercourse offenders with elimination orders from a decide. DHS claimed of their assertion that Thao lived on the home with these males.
However Thao’s household mentioned this isn’t true. Moua instructed ABC Information that her brother-in-law has lived there for 2 years with solely his son, daughter-in-law and 5-year-old grandson.
When requested for clarification concerning the household’s insistence that the 2 intercourse offenders being sought by the DHS brokers didn’t dwell at that home, DHS despatched ABC Information a press release containing the names of the lads the division mentioned the brokers had been on the lookout for: Lue Moua and Kongmeng Vang.
Thao’s sister-in-law mentioned the household doesn’t know these males and that they don’t dwell there.
-ABC Information’ Christopher Looft
