Hmong American

Violence

Hmong Americans have experienced violence after immigrating to the United States. Some specific instances of violence against Hmong Americans have been murders, of which a few have occurred while they were engaging in hunting. Hmong Americans have hunted because it is a common traditional practice in countries such as Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand. These are common countries from which the Hmong ethnic group has immigrated, although they do not have a specific home country. Chong Moua Yang, a Hmong American hunter, was murdered in Bath Township, Michigan on November 16, 2018. His murder remained a cold case until 2024, when a man was found guilty of murdering Yang and was sentenced to 22+1⁄2 to 60 years in prison. Another example is the murder of Ee Lee, in which a Hmong American woman in Wisconsin was raped and murdered by two teenagers in a racially motivated hate crime. One of the teenagers was sentenced to 26 years in prison, and the other to 32 years in prison.