The story of Ma Yang, a mother of five who is stranded in a country she has never been, has drawn the attention of readers ...

Ma Yang, who has lived in the Milwaukee area since she was a baby, believes she is one of the first Hmong Americans deported ...

Ma Yang, a 37-year-old Hmong American ... since only a small handful of people, if any, are deported to Laos each year, and Laos typically has refused to accept U.S. deportees.

Family of Milwaukee mother deported by Trump to Laos launches fundraiser to bring her home - Ma Yang’s partner says Milwaukee ...

especially those in the Hmong American community who have built lives in the U.S. and could not imagine returning to Laos. Her case was almost unheard-of, Bub said, since so few people have been ...

Zero people were deported to Laos in the last fiscal year, according to federal data. UPDATE: On all-night calls, Hmong American woman stranded in Laos searches for a path forward Once she arrived ...

ethnically a hill-tribe people that researchers believe originated from Siberia, have migrated increasingly south throughout their long history. Most recently, many Hmong hail from northern Laos ...