"In the video, Vang refused to let the agents inside and demanded to know why they were there. 'We're not opening the door,' he said, later adding, 'You're trespassing.' After the encounter, Vang said the experience left him unsettled. 'I'm upset. Frustrated. Scared. All types of emotions,' he told FOX 9 KMSP. Vang said he couldn't shake the feeling that the visit was part of something bigger."
"Vang said he lives with his parents, his sister and his son. He added that his parents came to the United States from Laos in the 1970s and that everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen. Still, Vang said he worried opening the door could put his family in danger. 'I was afraid they were going to take me away,' he told FOX 9 KMSP, saying he also feared they could 'take my mom away.'"
Kong Vang recorded federal agents knocking at his family's St. Paul home while he was working from home after his mother alerted him someone was outside. He believed the visitor could be ICE and refused to open the door, demanding to know why the agents were there and calling them trespassers. He posted the clip to Facebook, where it received more than 400,000 views. Vang said the visit left him upset, scared and worried that authorities were targeting people of color. He lives with his parents, sister and son and feared opening the door could put his family at risk.
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