Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention
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Key Points:
- The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Frank Star Comes Out, has demanded the immediate release of three tribal members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis, emphasizing that enrolled tribal members are U.S. citizens and outside immigration jurisdiction.
- The detained individuals, experiencing homelessness, were arrested at a homeless encampment and transferred to an ICE facility at Fort Snelling, which has a historically fraught relationship with Indigenous people.
- The tribe has criticized the Department of Homeland Security for withholding information about the detainees unless the tribe enters an immigration agreement with ICE, which the tribe has refused.
- This incident is part of a broader pattern of ICE detaining Indigenous tribal members, with recent reports of similar actions in Arizona, New Mexico,
