A Minnesota man said he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow wearing shorts and sandals.
ChongLy Thao, 56, a naturalized U.S. citizen who goes by the name Scott, was returned some time later Sunday without explanation or apology, he said.
“They just took me out there with no clothes on and then just covered with my grandson’s blanket.
Louansee Moua, Thao’s sister-in-law, said it was frigid and snowing when Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers took him from the house.
Moua said her brother-in-law went willingly with the officers without knowing why he was being detained.
“He went willingly because he was afraid,” she said, adding that Thao’s demeanor is very generous and laid-back.
After they took his fingerprints and a photograph of him in the car, officers returned him to his home, Thao said. »