ICE detains and holds four Native Americans, tribal leader says - Newsweek

ICE detains and holds four Native Americans, tribal leader says - Newsweek

Oglala Sioux Tribe seeks answers after ICE detains four enrolled members in Minneapolis; attorneys push for release and…

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The Oglala Sioux Tribe is seeking answers after four enrolled members were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis.

Tribal President Frank Star Comes Out said in a statement on Facebook that the men, who were homeless and living near the Little Earth housing complex in Minneapolis, home to nearly 1,500 people, many of whom are Native American. The men were taken into custody without their names being recorded, the tribe said. Attorneys for the tribe have contacted Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan to determine the men’s location and confirm their identities.

The tribe, based in South Dakota, said it is prepared to provide enrollment records to federal authorities and has issued guidance for members on what to do if detained.

Oglala Sioux Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out stands outside the Andrew W. Bogue Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Rapid City, S.D., Feb. 8, 2023. (Kalle Benallie/Indian Country Today via AP, File)

Tribe members are informed to say, “I am a citizen of the OGLALA LAKOTA NATION, a federally recognized Tribal Nation. Under the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, all Native people born within the territorial limits of the United States are recognized as U.S. citizens by birthright. Because I am both a Tribal citizen and a U.S. citizen, ICE has no lawful authority to detain me.”

THE SAME OLD THING..NATIVE AMERICANS ARE ATTACKS AND UNDER SERVED..

I AM PART NATIVE AMERICAN AND PROUD OF MY BACKGROUND.

Truth is Native People’s are important and nice to most…except to the racist…

Remember there is no such thing as racist…the only is the human race period..

Skin color means nothing,,,it is the heart and head that count…

Nuff Said..