Masked agents then forced their way in and pointed guns at the family, yelling at them, Thao recalled. “ICE is not doing what they say they're doing,” St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, a Hmong American, said in a statement about Thao's arrest. Videos captured the scene, which included people blowing whistles and horns and neighbours screaming at the more than a dozen gun-toting agents to leave Thao's family alone. “The US citizen lives with these two convicted sex offenders at the site of the operation,” DHS said. Thao's son, Chris Thao, said ICE agents stopped him while he was driving to work before they went to detain his father.

Source: The Telegraph January 20, 2026 07:46 UTC