The Hmong community is concerned about the potential for deportations.
There are reports that the Trump administration is negotiating with Laos over non-U.S. citizen refugees.
Kou Vang is the president of the Hmong American Partnership in Appleton, and he says people are definitely afraid. He says that’s especially the case because things are going on behind closed doors, and they don’t know what’s really happening.
About 4,500 refugees could be impacted nationwide.
Vang says some people might be forced to go to a place where they’ve never lived, and they could be persecuted.
Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson is asking Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson of Oshkosh to hold a hearing to get answers.
Johnson’s office is reaching out to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more information.
