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Linda Yang
Coverage of Linda Yang in the Nexus archive.
- South St. Paul teen balances graduation, new responsibilities after dad’s deportation to Laos
Yaay Yang, a 17-year-old from South St. Paul, is shouldering new family responsibilities after his father Zong Yang was deported to Laos. He balances caring for his four younger brothers and household chores while preparing for life after high school graduation.
- When ICE came for her husband, Linda Yang negotiated one more day with him. But their luck wouldn’t last.
Linda Yang refused to let ICE agents take her husband Zong in front of their youngest children, negotiating a one-day delay before his deportation to Laos. Zong was later deported due to a past felony burglary conviction, leaving Linda as a single mother raising their five sons in South St. Paul.