(Minneapolis, MN) – Tribal leaders in the Twin Cities say U-S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained several American Indians during recent immigration raids. Attorneys for the Oglala Sioux Tribe are searching for four homeless men who were arrested while living under a Minneapolis bridge.
Tribal members have been advised that if they are approached or detained by ICE, they should immediately declare their tribal affiliation, which grants them U-S citizenship under federal law. Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, condemned ICE’s actions in Minneapolis, calling them “obvious racial profiling.”