US citizen says ICE forced him from his home without clothes in subfreezing weather (Update) [View all]

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/citizen-ice-minnesota-thao

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 cried

Jack Brook of the Associated Press
Tue 20 Jan 2026 08.59 EST

Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a US citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out on to the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by the Associated Press.

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ChongLy “Scott” Thao told the AP that his daughter-in-law woke him up from a nap on 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.

“I was shaking,” he said. “They didn’t show any warrant; they just broke down the door.”

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