On the 50th anniversary of the Hmong arrival in the U.S., first-generation immigrants remembered the rocky early years, even as they celebrate how far the community has come.

Even after the Hmong and other highlander refugees from Laos arrived in refugee camps, they were not considered suitable for resettlement by the American government. The U.S. considered the Hmong ...

"I hope America is the land of opportunity for ... who has been at FIRM for 15 years. In refugee camps, Hmong women hand-sewn story cloths as a source of income for their families.

Fifty years ago, the Hmong people embarked on a journey of survival, resilience, and transformation. From the depths of war and displacement, we arrived as refugees and now progress in all aspects of ...

The refugees who crossed the Mekong River into Thailand in the last days of America ... the Hmong community as they transitioned from their home country to refugee camps and finally the United ...

A $400 million federal program that pays California farmers to grow food to supply schools and food banks is ending.

Dependent on American rice-drops during the Secret War and fed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the Thai camps, many Hmong grew up never knowing the life of ...

No group of refugees has been less prepared for modern American life than ... of U.S. forces, the Hmong were hunted by the communists; many escaped to refugee camps in Thailand before being ...

They spent four years in a refugee camp in Thailand before resettling ... Mee Moua, a family friend and the first Hmong American woman elected to any state legislature in the U.S., said Xiong ...