The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, says that four of its tribal members were recently detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis.OST President Frank Star Comes Out issued a statement Friday saying ICE agents detained four men who are homeless and living near the Little Earth housing project in south Minneapolis. The statement continues to say that another OST tribal member witnessed their detainment and was able to confirm their tribal affiliation...It comes amid an ongoing occupation of the Twin Cities by the Department of Homeland Security, ICE, and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which has escalated under the auspices of targeting undocumented immigrants and fraud, but is increasingly seeing U.S. citizens detained and residents of the Twin Cities profiled based on their appearance or accent...An incident that went viral on social media saw a Somali-American man working as an Uber driver at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport pulled over by CBP agents who demanded he prove his immigration status, with one agent saying: "I'm an immigration officer, I can hear you don't have the same accent as me ... I want to know where you're born."
It is literally and genetically impossible to be more American than a Native American.
ICE and DHS have outlived their usefulness, as little as it was, and now is the time to eliminate them. Totally eliminate them. (I should be showing as me and not as anonymous. I do not know what the problem is. I logged in. )
ReplyDeleteI agree with your comment, but I 'm curious about your difficulty signing in. You presumably "logged in" to your Google account? (the parent of Blogspot). Then the next step is to then "choose" your Google account (I think the default option is "anonymous." If you choose your Google ID, it should become the header on your comment.
DeleteIf something else is awry, you can always write your comment and then "sign" by writing "Ralph in Costa Rica" or whatever after your comments.
You can also comment as "Name / URL" and fill in some nonsense.
DeleteDoes ICE even have jurisdiction over Native Americans?
ReplyDeleteIt appears that this isn't entirely true. From the sources I've been able to see, there were some homeless interactions in Minneapolis with OST members that recently occured.
ReplyDeleteTim, what part do you consider not entirely true?
DeleteHere's a report from Minnesota Public Radio -
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/11/native-american-community-members-share-resources-support-amid-ice-operations