After being detained by ICE and sent to Texas, a Minnesota woman says daily life has come to a halt and she’s afraid to even leave her home. ST PAUL, Minn. — Daily tasks, like grocery shopping, have come to a standstill for Thi Dua Vang and her husband, A Pao Giang. On Monday, community members dropped off fresh food for the family. Vang — despite being in the country legally — is afraid to go outside after ICE agents detained her in Minnesota and sent her to Texas for nearly two weeks. On the morning of Jan. 8, their son opened the door to their St. Paul home but was unaware that it was ICE. According to Vang, six ICE agents were at her doorstep. Vang and her family fled Vietnam after spending decades persecuted for being Christian. Family members, including her brother Wa Chi Minh Vang, have even been imprisoned for their faith. Vang and her family experienced more hardship in Thailand as undocumented refugees for more than seven years. In December 2023, Vang and her family found asylum in the United States. Vang applied for her green card and is awaiting final approval. So when ICE agents showed up, Vang thought it must have been a mistake. Vang speaks Hmong and needed her brother to communicate with the agents. She said when her brother asked ICE agents why she was being detained, they did not give him a reason. Vang was detained Jan. 8, and by the next day, she was transferred to the El Paso Service Processing Center in Texas. On Jan. 14, the family learned she had been transferred to the Houston Processing Center. At one point, Vang believed she was in the process of being deported back to Vietnam. While on the plane on the runway, they pulled her off the plane. "I'm worried that if I'm the only one that goes, my kids will still be in this country and if I go, how am I supposed to live? That's what I think about," said Vang, through an interpreter. Vang's husband, A Pao Giang, said through an interpreter, "I just arrived to America and I haven't broken the law at all.... they arrested my wife like she's an animal. My wife did nothing wrong. This is not right." After nearly two weeks detained, an immigration judge ordered that she be released on bond. As her brother and husband drove to her, she spent nearly three hours waiting outside at night in a city she didn't know. "They took me to sit by the chairs and I stayed until my brother and my husband came and I when I saw them I was very happy. Today, I get to be back with my family," said Vang, a mother to three sons. Five days after returning, Vang was required to do a check-in with ICE but was then free to go. She said she is required to check in once per year. But since that check-in, the family said ICE has come back to their home three times and attempted to make contact. KARE 11 reached out to the Department of Homeland Security to find out why and is waiting to hear back. Vang lost her job because of the detainment and does not feel safe going out. Their youngest son is also going to school online. There is a GoFundMe set up to help the family with expenses, including attorney fees.