; Whereas this campaign is ongoing and the Hmong ChaoFa continue to be hunted by the Lao military and Vietnamese mercenaries, and are now numbering less than 1,000, and are still living on leaves and roots, unable to farm in their nomadic situation; Whereas this campaign continues to be marked by death and violence, such as— (1) the murders of Hmong men Hue Xiong, Cha Xiong, Ze Xiong, and Bee Vang, at the hands of the Laos People’s Army (LPA) in the Phou Bia mountain area on February 22, 2013, and the wounding of Year Chang in the same incident, in which these unarmed Hmong men, three of whom were teachers at a nearby school, were among a group of 10 men who had left their village to search for food when they were fired upon by the military; (2) an attack on a Hmong village in the Xaisomboun Province of Laos by military forces where a Hmong woman and a Hmong man were killed, Pa Moua and True Moua, where the latter’s body was never recovered; (3) the disappearance of Hmong men Vajntxiag Vaj and Vue Thao after they were summoned to meet with a Lao police officer in the village of Lat Houang on September 14, 2016, after which Mr. Vaj’s corpse was found on September 20, 2016, and Mr. Thao’s corpse was found on September 23, 2016, in a local river, where both corpses had indications of severe beatings as limbs were broken; (4) the death of a 1-month-old baby by violent coughing on September 21, 2016, and the similar death of a 5-month-old baby on October 6, 2016, believed to be a result of chemical poisoning which the Hmong community suspects is being used as a tactic by the military as they experience symptoms related to chemical poisoning after military helicopters fly over their camps; (5) the death of Hmong men Kim Vang and Vangxeng Vang after an attack on October 17, 2016, by the LPA near Muoang Cha; (6) the deployment of heavy artillery, including 60mm, 80mm, and 120mm rounds that are randomly fired into suspected Hmong camps during morning, noon, and night