US citizen says ICE forced him from his home without clothes in subfreezing weather

ChongLy ‘Scott’ Thao of Minnesota says agents pointed guns at his family, and his four-year-old grandson watched and criedFederal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a US citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his...

<p>ChongLy ‘Scott’ Thao of Minnesota says agents pointed guns at his family, and his four-year-old grandson watched and cried</p><p>Federal <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/usimmigration">immigration</a> agents forced open a door and detained a US citizen in his <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/minnesota">Minnesota</a> home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by the Associated Press.</p><p>ChongLy “Scott” Thao told the AP that his daughter-in-law woke him up from a nap Sunday afternoon and said that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were banging at the door of his residence in St Paul. He told her not to open it. Masked agents then forced their way in and pointed guns at the family, yelling at them, Thao recalled.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/citizen-ice-minnesota-thao">Continue reading...</a>
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