Peter Cox

For NPR News, I'm Peter Cox in St.

Paul.

The White House says Vance will hold a roundtable meeting with local leaders and community members and, quote, deliver remarks focused on restoring law and order in Minnesota.

Since early December, ICE agents have been accused of heavy-handed tactics, racial profiling, and arresting U.S.

citizens.

After an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Macklin Good, Vance defended the agent's actions.

Vance also visited Minneapolis in September after a mass shooting at a Catholic church and school.

For NPR News, I'm Peter Cox in St.

Paul.

Kalihur was born in a bamboo hut in the mountains of Laos before her family fled to the U.S.

as refugees.

Many Hmong people fought alongside the U.S.

during the secret war in Laos and fled for their safety after to the U.S.

Minnesota is home to the country's second largest Hmong population.

Herr was elected mayor of St.

Paul 50 years to the day after the first Hmong refugee family is said to have arrived in Minnesota.

It's so much bigger than me, and it's so much more powerful than me, and so I just get to feel so honored that I get to be a part of that.

Herr's victory also makes this a city with all female elected leaders.

For NPR News, I'm Peter Cox in St.

Paul, Minnesota.