Immigrant left Vietnam to Escape Religious Persecution

Arsonist sets Jesus statue on fire | kare11.com.

..only to find that it continues here in the U.S.  Tuan Pham  was imprisoned in Vietnam for his Catholic beliefs.   He later emigrated to the U.S.  only to find hostility towards his religious beliefs and practice in Minnesota.

An arsonist set fire to a 7 foot statue of Jesus which Mr. Pham  had  placed in his prayer garden.  The city of St. Paul  is also demanding that the statue be moved, having received a complaint about its visibility.