ChongLy 'Scott' Thao was asleep in his St Paul home when armed Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers smashed through his front door, dragged him outside in nothing but underwear and sandals, and left him shivering in near-freezing Minnesota temperatures, all before realising they had detained the wrong man.
The 56-year-old naturalised US citizen, originally from Laos, spent up to two hours in handcuffs surrounded by more than a dozen Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on Sunday, 18 January 2026, according to his family and video footage reviewed by the Associated Press.
