Milwaukee-area woman deported to Laos though she's never been there, doesn't speak the language

Ma Yang, a mother of five, said she does not speak the Lao language, has no family or friends in the country and the military is holding all her documents.She says she is stranded in a rooming house surrounded by military guards and doesn't know where to go.Yang was among 26 people indicted in a federal marijuana trafficking case in 2020.A Hmong American woman who has lived in the Milwaukee area since she was 8 months old was deported last week to Laos, a country she has never visited, and says she is stranded in a rooming house surrounded by military guards.Ma Yang, 37, a mother of five, said she does not speak the Lao language, has no family or friends in the country and that the military is holding all her documents. She was born in Thailand, the daughter of Hmong refugees after the Vietnam War, and she was a legal permanent U.S. resident until she pleaded guilty to taking part in a marijuana trafficking operation."The United States sent me back to die," she said. "I don't even know...