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Rethinking Laotians and Immigration Reform
We’re hearing more about immigration reform again, always a heated topic, but one voice with big stakes in this is often excluded from the discussions: Laotian refugees.
Many of us arrived in the US as refugees from the war in our homeland 35 years ago.MORE »
Karens celebrate New Year and growing community
A celebration was held by the St. Paul Karen community on Saturday, January 3rd, to mark the beginning of year 2748 of the Karen era. Traditionally held on the first day of Thalay month, the actual date of the Karen New Year fell on December 27th this year.
The lost children of Laos: Advocating for liberation of detained Hmong youth
Worn fabrics and remnants of personal belongings hang from the ceiling bars, impeding the flow of sunshine through tiny windows. The mixed, stagnating stench of food, urine, human waste, and unwashed bodies permeates the air of the cramped living space where people have to eat, toilet, and sleep.MORE »
The Hmong, Thailand and greed
Thailand has held 149 Hmong people, including men, women, and ninety children in a two-room cell for the past nine months with no access to the outside. Their only access to drinking, cooking, and bathing water is a single stall toilet. Having done nothing wrong, the Hmong have been designated as political refugees, a status that has been certified by the United Nations.MORE »
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