Stop AAPI Hate - Commentary Data Blog, February 2026

In January, a Hmong American person from Minnesota submitted a chilling report to Stop AAPI Hate: “ICE [is] going door to door in Minneapolis trying to get neighbors to report where Hmong people are living […] ICE agents are asking [them] to report any Asians in the neighborhood.” 

Similar reports have surfaced online, confirming that ICE and DHS in Minnesota are targeting Hmong people: staking out Hmong businesses, patrolling immigrant-rich neighborhoods, and terrorizing families that have called America home for decades. 

What is happening to Minnesota’s Hmong families reveals the racism underpinning Trump’s anti-immigrant operation. It also signals what could lie ahead for other Asian communities nationwide. 

That’s why in this edition of Keeping Count, we’re shedding light on who Hmong Americans are, the roots of their resettlement in Minnesota, and the ways in which local communities continue to resist federal attacks on their rights and their livelihoods.

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