Hmong Politician Kaomi Goetz reports from St. Paul about the swearing in of the country's first ethnic Hmong legislator. Minnesota's latest election saw many immigrants from Southeast Asia's hill tribes voting for the first time... after an act of Congress made it easier for them to become citizens.

Hmong Politician

February 4, 200212:00 AM ET

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Kaomi Goetz reports from St. Paul about the swearing in of the country's first ethnic Hmong legislator. Minnesota's latest election saw many immigrants from Southeast Asia's hill tribes voting for the first time... after an act of Congress made it easier for them to become citizens.