My Dung Chau/Vietnam/Assault, Drug Trafficking

Federal immigration authorities arrested criminal illegal alien My Dung Chau in Waseca, Minnesota, following convictions for assault and drug trafficking under Minnesota law. Chau, a Vietnamese national, was previously found guilty of participating in a narcotics distribution offense and committing an assaultive crime against another person.

Minnesota statutes treat drug trafficking involving distribution or high-quantity possession of controlled substances as a serious felony that can carry lengthy prison terms and substantial fines, especially when tied to other criminal conduct. After Chau’s criminal case concluded in Waseca, local officials transferred him into federal immigration custody based on his trafficking conviction, assault offense, and unlawful presence in the United States.

Chau remains in federal detention while authorities review his immigration record and advance formal removal proceedings.