Linda Yang became a single mom overnight to five sons, ages 3 to 17, when her husband was deported to Laos in May. The family is navigating a new normal as one of the many casualties of Operation Metro Surge.
Author Archives: Katelyn Vue / Sahan Journal
Katelyn Vue is the immigration reporter for Sahan Journal. She graduated in May 2022 from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Prior to joining Sahan Journal, she was a metro reporting intern at the Star Tribune. During college, she interned at PublicSource, SuperLawyers, and APM Reports. She also worked as a reporter and associate editor at the university’s newspaper, The Minnesota Daily.
From the East Side of St. Paul, Minnesota, Katelyn is passionate about storytelling and community building. Before college, Katelyn participated as a student reporter in the nonprofit journalism high school program, ThreeSixty Journalism, based at the University of St. Thomas.
Katelyn is a Report for America corps member, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms.