Yimmuaj Yang jokes that farming has always been her destiny. Born in Ban Vinai Refugee Camp in Thailand, Yang and her family immigrated to Madison — where her parents grew their own vegetables — when ...
Yang — a Hmong refugee who came to the U.S. in the 1970s as a child refugee — was taken into ICE custody in July as he arrived to work in Lansing. Yang previously got into legal trouble as a minor.
Dr. Lee Pao Yang, also known as Steven Sao Yang, has passed away at the age of 70.As Chair of United Hmong Vision, Dr. Yang ...