Khao Niew announced its permanent closure after its owner, Nong, was detained by ICE. He is currently at the Tacoma facility. PORTLAND, Ore. — The family of a food cart owner on the Portland State University campus says his cart will permanently close after ICE agents detained him. Khao Niew, a Lao food cart, sat closed Friday, with a sign directing customers to a fundraiser for the owner, known by students as Nong. "They would all be open for the most part, almost every single day," former PSU student David told KGW. "That's sad that he was taken because he's been here for a while." According to his family, federal agents detained Nong on Thursday, and records confirm he's currently at the Tacoma Northwest Detention Center. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Nong's arrest, whose full name is Thavatsay Phimmoungkhoun. The spokesperson added that Phimmoungkhoun has been convicted of conspiracy to distribute ecstasy and harassment. “Phimmoungkhoun entered the country on an unknown date and adjusted his status to lawful permanent resident in September of 1987," the spokesperson said. "His criminal conviction rendered him subject to removal under U.S. immigration law, and an immigration judge ordered his removal in January 2011. He will remain in ICE custody pending removal." The cart's Instagram account shared a post announcing the cart's permanent closure and expressing that this wasn't just a business to Nong but "his home, his passion, and a piece of his soul." "We don't know what the future holds right now, but we do know that the memories created here will stay with us forever... He came here when he was so young that this is the only life he really knows. Now he's being sent somewhere unfamiliar, where he'll have to figure everything out all over again," the post continued, thanking the community for their support. As of Friday afternoon, hundreds have donated to the GoFundMe, raising nearly $250,000 in less than 24 hours. Reporting from the Oregonian shows that federal agents appear to be increasingly targeting immigrants from Laos in Oregon, with Laotian immigrants accounting for almost 10% of 110 arrests this year through March, according to data from the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition.