Image: from In Minneapolis, Native American patrols keep watch.
This page is part of a resource collection: Tracking ICE During the Second Trump Administration.
Trump’s History of Anti-Indigenous Racism
Shawn Boburg: Donald Trump’s long history of clashes with Native Americans.
Amber Torres: Trump’s Tribal Record: The Destructive Era.
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January 9. Amelia Schafer: ‘I felt like I was kidnapped’: Ojibwe man recounts ICE detainment.
January 14. Eduardo Cuevas: Native Americans detained in Trump’s Minnesota ICE raids: On Jan. 13, the Oglala Sioux Tribe said three men are still in detention after being transferred to an ICE detention center.
January 16. Mariana Alfaro: Native Americans are being swept up by ICE in Minneapolis, tribes say. Tribal leaders say Indigenous people have been stopped, questioned, harassed and, in some cases, detained solely on the basis of their skin color or names.
January 16. Arlyssa D. Becenti: ICE agents detain Navajo man in Arizona, ignoring US, tribal IDs.
January 27. CNN: Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps.
January 31. Arlyssa D. Becenti: Navajo Council urges ICE, DHS to recognize tribal IDs, honor status.
February 7. Fiona Murphy: Minneapolis Native communities fight fear of ICE with traditional ritual and prayer: In Minneapolis, many Native people say they are reluctant to leave their homes for fear of being detained by federal ICE agents.
February 15. Maanvi Singh: In Minneapolis, Native American patrols keep watch – and see history repeating: ‘We are still being chased.’
February 18. Philip Wang: ‘A State of Panic’: Native Americans Left in the Dark Weeks After ICE Arrests.
February 18. Sarah Matusek: In Minneapolis, Native Americans see racial targeting patterns – and push back.
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November 14. Malcolm Ferguson: ICE Almost Deports Native American Woman: Leticia Jacobo was about to be deported, despite her Social Security number and tribal identification.