US Citizen pulled at gunpoint into subfreezing temps in underwear. Who is next?

Scott Thao only had a blanket and slippers (and his underwear) as his grandson watched.

When will too much be enough?

ICE is now breaking down doors and hauling US citizens out in the street in their underwear in subfreezing conditions at gunpoint for bogus reasoning.  Kidding?  NOT… This happened to ChongLy “Scott” Thao.  

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.

Thao, who has been a U.S. citizen for decades, said that as he was being detained he asked his daughter-in-law to find his identification but the agents told him they didn’t want to see it.

BY JACK BROOK
Updated 02:18 AM EST, January 20, 2026

apnews.com/…

You can view the arrest at the link.  It’s absolutely heartbreaking. 

Thao was driven “to the middle of nowhere” and forced out of the car into the icy cold while he was photographed and asked for ID (which he’d been prevented from getting when grabbed.)

After realizing he had no record, a few hours later, agents returned him home, made him show his ID and left.

ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.

— Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) 2026-01-19T05:41:01.135Z

Thao and his family is devastated further, because his mother had to flee to the U.S. from Laos when communists took over in the 1970s since she had supported American covert operations in the country and her life was in danger.  Talk about irony of the ugliest kind.

It’s just one of may stories of outrage and danger.  

Are you safe?

*** I would like to add an important comment from one of our members:

simnsays:

I don’t care whether this man is a citizen or an illegal alien, NO ONE should be dragged out into freezing weather without proper clothing, NO ONE should be dragged out of their home without a warrant, NO ONE should be forbidden to collect their ID.  These are not law enforcement.  These are angry, sadistic, racist, a___h_____s  sanctioned by the President and the horrible, horrible, sick people who support him.