Sunisa Lee’s Olympic gold opens window on overlooked legal immigrants: The Hmongs
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by WorldTribune Staff, August 1, 2021 Sunisa Lee is the first Hmong American to represent the U.S. at the Olympics. On Thursday, the 18-year-old from Minnesota won the gold medal in the gymnastics all-around competition. Lee’s parents, John Lee and Yeev Thoj, were among thousands of Hmong refugees who fled Vietnam to Thailand and then […]