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ICE detained a Laotian refugee undergoing chemotherapy. He’s now spending his last days in hospice.

Doctors found that the cancer had reached his bone marrow.

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Apr 06, 2026
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A Laotian refugee who was undergoing chemotherapy for terminal cancer when he was detained by immigration agents in January is now in hospice care.

Life cut short

Oudone Lothirath, 57, had been fighting Hodgkin’s lymphoma with ongoing chemotherapy for nearly two years when he was caught in a sweeping immigration operation in Minneapolis …

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