Changing state law to define them as veterans would unlock state veterans benefits like the GI bill or access to the state's ...

For years, Cambodians, Vietnamese and Lao people in Minnesota have said they’ve struggled to get specific recognition in state cultural program funding.

But they understand why it's struck a chord with so many, especially those in the Hmong American community who have built lives in the U.S. and could not imagine returning to Laos. Her case was almost ...

Ma Yang, a 37-year-old Hmong American, was deported to Laos ... since only a small handful of people, if any, are deported to Laos each year, and Laos typically has refused to accept U.S. deportees.

Milwaukee mother deported to Laos ‘shaken’ as she faces decades without family in U.S. - SPECIAL REPORT: Despite being born in Thailand and becoming a permanent U.S. resident, Ma Yang has been sent to ...

especially those in the Hmong American community who have built lives in the U.S. and could not imagine returning to Laos. Her case was almost unheard-of, Bub said, since so few people have been ...