Overview

• Rep. Kaohly Vang Her told the Minnesota House on June 9 that her father misrepresented familial ties on refugee forms to bring her family into the U.S. without legal status while debating House File 1.
• Her remarks prompted questions about her eligibility and led Republican Rep. Walter Hudson to call for an investigation into her citizenship status.
• In an interview with the Minnesota Reformer later that day, Her said she and her parents naturalized through citizenship tests and that she became a U.S. citizen as a minor.
• She attributed her family’s expedited refugee admission to her father’s role at the U.S. consulate and his decision to list her grandmother as his mother on federal documents.
• On June 10, both the Minnesota House and Senate passed HF1, extending MinnesotaCare eligibility to undocumented noncitizens.