The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted a coordinated targeted enforcement operation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA between June 6, 2025 and June 11, 2025. Nine Laotian men and two Thai men were arrested.
On June 6, 2025, ICE agents arrested Laos’s Dao Moua, Pao Angelo Vang, Thong Lao, Va Vang, Xiong Pao Vang and Yia Xiong. On the same day, the agents arrested Thailand’s Tou Pao Lee and Yee Shae.
Both Pao Angelo and Lao were convicted of second-degree sexual assault of a child. Both Moua and Xiong were convicted of third-degree criminal sexual conduct.
Va was convicted of first-degree sexual assault and Shae was convicted of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor. Xiong Pao was convicted of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 and Lee was convicted of soliciting a minor.
On June 10, 2025, ICE agents arrested Pok Vue of Laos. He was convicted of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.
On June 11, 2025, ICE agents arrested Laos’s Hue Nai Cheng and Vang Neng Lao. The former was convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and the latter was convicted of second-degree criminal sexual conduct.
Tim Walz assumed office as the 41st governor of Minnesota on January 7, 2019. One of his critics is U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
“These pedophiles and sex offenders are the sickos our brave ICE law enforcement are putting their lives on the line to arrest and remove from American communities,” McLaughlin stated. “Governor Walz and his fellow sanctuary politicians are fighting to keep these sex offenders and other criminal illegal aliens in our country. Instead of comparing ICE to the Nazi-Gestapo, Governor Walz should be thanking our law enforcement for removing these pedophiles from Minnesota.”
Since March 9, 2025, Todd M. Lyons has been the acting director of the ICE, an agency under the DHS. On January 25, 2025, Kristi Noem assumed office as the eighth DHS secretary.
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