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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeNations</span></a> Mobilize Against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> Targeting and Profiling</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Native</span></a> Nations across <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TurtleIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TurtleIsland</span></a> are working to ensure their citizens’ safety amid rising reports of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeople</span></a> being <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RaciallyProfiled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RaciallyProfiled</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/stopped" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stopped</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/questioned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>questioned</span></a>, and mistakenly <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/detained" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>detained</span></a> for undocumented <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a>. They’re also reminding their citizens to find strength and resilience in the histories their communities have already overcome. </p><p>by Luna Reyna, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnderscoreNativeNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnderscoreNativeNews</span></a> [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UNN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNN</span></a>] + <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndianCountryToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianCountryToday</span></a> [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICT</span></a>]</p><p>"Tribes across the U.S. are responding to reports of Indigenous people being racially profiled, stopped, questioned and mistakenly detained by federal agents targeting undocumented immigrants as part of the Trump administration’s sweeping immigrant crackdown.</p><p>Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren said in a Jan. 24 news release that his 'office has received multiple reports from Navajo citizens that they have had negative, and sometimes traumatizing, experiences with federal agents targeting undocumented immigrants in the Southwest.'</p><p>"'We now know that Navajo people and enrolled members of other tribes are being detained in Phoenix and other cities by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a>,' Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley said during a Naabik’íyáti’ committee meeting on Jan. 23."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.underscore.news/justice/federal-policy/native-nations-mobilize-against-ice-targeting-and-profiling/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">underscore.news/justice/federa</span><span class="invisible">l-policy/native-nations-mobilize-against-ice-targeting-and-profiling/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RosebudSioux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RosebudSioux</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChippewaCree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChippewaCree</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICERaids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICERaids</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistICE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShonshoneBannocTribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShonshoneBannocTribes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CDIB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDIB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LummiNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LummiNation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TohonoOodhamNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TohonoOodhamNation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoOneIsIllegalOnStolenLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoOneIsIllegalOnStolenLand</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KristiNoem</span></a> and friends are taking revenge on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a>! They were concerned that would happen!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> tribes say <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> harassing members amid raids </p><p>by Erin Alberty,<br>Russell Contreras, January 28, 2025</p><p>"Some Native American tribes say tribal members are being harassed by federal immigration agents, while others fear they could be wrongly caught up in immigration raids.</p><p>Why it matters: The angst among some <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> tribes reflects the confusion and fear even among legal citizens during the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration's immigration raids.</p><p>The big picture: Several tribes have issued warnings and advice to their members based on what they say have been encounters in which U.S. immigration agents have demanded proof of citizenship — episodes that the tribes have linked to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RacialProfiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RacialProfiling</span></a>.</p><p> The alarm comes as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says its agents are arresting more than 1,000 undocumented immigrants a day, part of President Trump's push to deport "millions" of people not authorized to stay in the U.S. </p><p> Immigration raids in cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles — and Trump's new directives to allow searches in schools and churches in addition to workplaces and homes — have heightened concerns in communities across the country.</p><p>Zoom in: The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a>, one of the nation's largest tribes, said federal immigration agents have been questioning its members.</p><p> "My office has received multiple reports from Navajo citizens that they have had negative, and sometimes traumatizing, experiences with federal agents targeting undocumented immigrants," Navajo President <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuuNygren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuuNygren</span></a> said in a statement. </p><p> Navajo Nation officials told CNN on Monday that at least 15 Indigenous people in the southwestern U.S. have reported being questioned or detained by immigration officers in the past week.</p><p> The 17.5 million-acre Navajo Nation is in northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah. It's larger than 10 states. </p><p>ICE offices in Utah and Washington, D.C., did not immediately respond to Axios' requests for comment.</p><p>Zoom out: The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MescaleroApache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MescaleroApache</span></a> Tribe in New Mexico announced that a member was confronted by ICE agents last week and was asked for ID — first in Spanish, although the member spoke English.</p><p> The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SissetonWahpetonOyate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SissetonWahpetonOyate</span></a> of the Lake Traverse Reservation in South Dakota said it was temporarily waiving all fees for issuing or replacing tribal IDs amid members' concerns about ICE encounters.<br> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ute</span></a> Indian Tribe Business Committee — the tribe's governing body — promised in a statement Saturday to "aggressively defend our rights and interests."<br> The tribe offered legal counsel to members who are "improperly detained or questioned," as did the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah.</p><p>The San Juan Southern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paiute</span></a> Tribe, whose land crosses the Utah-Arizona border, advised its citizens to record encounters with ICE, ask for agents' badges and keep their doors closed and ask for a warrant if approached at home.</p><p>What they're saying: Trump's immigration executive orders have "raised concern among our tribal members, particularly regarding the potential targeting of our community by immigration agents," <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChippewaCree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChippewaCree</span></a> Tribe chairman Harat BaRete said in a statement.</p><p> The north-central Montana tribe then released a set of guidelines urging members to remain silent, keep ID handy and report encounters to tribal officials.<br> "The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RosebudSioux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RosebudSioux</span></a> Tribe is in the process of assessing the legal effects of the unlawful and unconstitutional Trump administration Executive Orders and will fiercely defend against any threat to the sovereignty," the South Dakota tribe said in a statement. </p><p>Between the lines: It's not unusual for ICE or DEA agents to enter tribal lands for immigration or drug enforcement.</p><p> Since the Obama administration, U.S. agents have aggressively targeted human smuggling rings that use isolated Indigenous lands to try to move undetected. </p><p>Congress didn't grant citizenship to Native Americans until 1924 — a development President Trump's lawyers cited in their attempt to justify his temporarily blocked executive order to overturn birthright citizenship.</p><p> The administration's attorneys last week invoked an 1884 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that denied citizenship to members of tribes to argue that "birth in the United States does not by itself entitle a person to citizenship." </p><p> Some tribal leaders saw the argument as a threat against their members' U.S. citizenship." </p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/01/29/native-american-immigration-raids-navajo-nation?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/01/29/native-am</span><span class="invisible">erican-immigration-raids-navajo-nation?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICERaids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICERaids</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeople</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SettlerColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerColonialism</span></a></p>