Overview
- As of Jan. 13, three Oglala Sioux men remain in ICE custody at Fort Snelling after four were detained in Minneapolis near the Little Earth community, with one man released.
- Tribal President Frank Star Comes Out calls the detentions a violation of treaties, arguing enrolled members are U.S. citizens by statute and tribal citizens by treaty who fall outside immigration jurisdiction.
- The tribe says federal officials shared only the detainees’ first names and linked further information to the tribe entering an agreement with ICE or the Department of Homeland Security.
- USA TODAY reports at least five Native Americans have been detained in the Minneapolis area during a recent enforcement push, and advocates allege racial profiling of Indigenous people.
- Recent cases include the Jan. 8 stop of Jose Roberto “Beto” Ramirez, who was later released without charges as ICE said he assaulted an officer during a “high-risk” stop that remains under investigation.