More about the Hmong man, US citizen, taken by ICE in only his underwear.

[Ocelot II]

This is so outrageous - I get madder every time I see this story. WTF is wrong with these people?

They broke down his door, had no warrant, wouldn't let him get dressed or show ID, took him out in extreme cold. And as usual they lied about why they took him.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security described the ICE operation at Thao's home as a “targeted operation" seeking two convicted sex offenders.

“The US citizen lives with these two convicted sex offenders at the site of the operation,” DHS said. “The individual refused to be fingerprinted or facially ID’d. He matched the description of the targets.”

Thao's family said in a statement that it “categorically disputes” the DHS account and “strongly objects to DHS’s attempt to publicly justify this conduct with false and misleading claims.”

Thao told the AP that only he, his son and daughter-in-law and his grandson live at the rental home. Neither they nor the property's owner are listed in the Minnesota sex offender registry. The nearest sex offender listed as living in the zip code is more than two blocks away.

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/20/chongly-scott-thao-says-ice-removed-him-from-home-in-his-underwear-after-warrantless-search

[Dr. Shepper]

1. Nazi scum

[dalton99a]

2. Criminals and terrorists.

[mn9driver]

3. Criminals.

In the former reality that we inhabited, breaking down doors and grabbing innocent people out of the shower in preparation for making them disappear, would be a jailing offense for these ICE agents, as well as a monster lawsuit.

In this reality, it’s just Tuesday.

[Midnight Writer]

4. How do you "refuse" to be facially ID'd? He was not the one wearing a mask to hide his features.

[dalton99a]

6. +1.

https://apnews.com/video/us-citizen-says-immigration-agents-in-minnesota-broke-into-his-home-without-a-warrant-1da80176a10448549d7842b9c6f67c20

[cbabe]

5. Lawsuit?

[leftstreet]

7. DURec

[liberalgunwilltravel]

8. How much more

Are people going to take from this criminal regime?

[AllyCat]

9. Why would the police not go to arrest sex offenders?

I’m guessing this is just ICE lying because that is what they do. But I really hope the police didn’t give them this job in some way.

[Ocelot II]

11. The excuse would be that they were looking for an undocumented immigrant sex offender,

trying to make this whole clusterfuck look legit.

[Klarkashton]

12. People on a sex offender list have already been through

The system and aren't subject to arrest.

[womanofthehills]

16. Interesting- ICE agents stopping MN police

Who are off duty. Off duty officers who are people of color. Drawing their guns on woman officer of color - pointed guns at her and knocked away her phone. MN police said it’s not an isolated incident- but many officers have been detained.

[IronLionZion]

17. It's ICE's idiotic lie. There were 0 sex offenders at that house

They are lying to justify their unjustifiable behavior. There is no excuse so they make up excuses.

[allegorical oracle]

19. Read that the person they were after was found in a house two blocks away. Noem

keeps saying that ICE is "targeting" the people they are after. But that's just a lie.

Reminds me of the tuna fishing industry -- they're casting such a wide net that they're inevitably catching porpoises with the tuna they capture.

[AverageOldGuy]

10. At his age

He may be one of the Hmong who fought as part of CIA guerrillas in Laos fighting against the Pathetic Lao and north Vietnamese

[Ocelot II]

13. He was brought here in the '70s by his mother, has lived here most of his life.

[yellow dahlia]

20. Yes. I heard he came here in the 70's.

[IronLionZion]

14. He and his family kept telling ICE that he's a US citizen with documents/ID

ICE don't give a F. They didn't want to see his documents. They don't care that 0 sex offenders live there.

[maxrandb]

15. "Sex Offenders" is the new ICE-Stapo talking point

The hypocrisy is breathtaking.

[allegorical oracle]

18. Brought tears of outrage when I saw this. Ought to prompt everyone to

call their Reps and Senators. So lucky he didn't die of hypothermia.

[yellow dahlia]

21. I have been awash in tears of outrage the past few weeks.

[IcyPeas]

22. *WATCH* Video of ICE ramming through his front door. Sickening

Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket.

He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.

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— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2026-01-19T13:33:22.379Z