Nope, actually here as refugees after being trained by the US to fight communists in Laos during the Vietnam war. They fought bravely and then were left in a lurch when the lefties here forced us to cut and run.
They were subsequently persecuted by the Vietnamese puppet government in Laos and came here as refugees. They haven't been assimilated very well at all, retaining a separate ethnic identity in tight knit communities. Would you prefer that we left them to die in Laos after we were finished using them?
Irrespective of these details, this particular guy needs to be turned into fertilizer as soon as possible.
"They were subsequently persecuted by the Vietnamese puppet government in Laos and came here as refugees. They haven't been assimilated very well at all, retaining a separate ethnic identity in tight knit communities. "
That's changing, in St. Paul, at least. Hmong families (they have a very tight family structure) have moved out of enclaves and now own homes in most parts of the city. Recent arrivals are often in these enclaves in the city, but the trend is for the Hmong families to move out into the residential neighborhoods and suburbs.
Two Hmong families live on my block. Both are good neighbors. I can't speak for other areas where Hmong refugees have been located.
But you're certainly right. We used these people to fight our battles in Laos, and have rightly invited them to come here instead of dying in refugee camps. The Hmongs I know are good folks. We shouldn't be trashing the entire Hmong population.
BTW, the killer is a US Citizen who served in our military. I don't know what happened out there in WI, but it was the action of one man, not a community.
Oh OK. So this was a post-traumatic stress disorder "flashback" episode then? Ooh good one. I'm sure the media will run with that.