Cao, Joseph, 1967-

Ánh Quang "Joseph" Cao (born March 13, 1967) is a Vietnamese-American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district from 2009 to 2011.

Born in Saigon, South Vietnam (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), he was eight years old when his uncle and siblings arrived as refugees in the United States. Cao lived for the first several years in the United States with an uncle in Goshen, Indiana before reuniting with his family in Houston, Texas. After graduating from Jersey Village High School in Jersey Village, Texas, he earned a B.S. degree in physics from Baylor University before earning a M.A. from Fordham University and a J.D. from Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana. While in law school, Cao also taught undergraduate courses in philosophy at Loyola. After graduating,Cao first worked for the Waltzer & Associates firm before opening his own law practice in New Orleans specializing in immigration law.

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