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Oglala Sioux president walks back claims of DHS pressure, member arrests
Oglala Sioux President Frank Star Comes Out revised claims about immigration arrests and DHS demands amid concerns over treaty violations and tribal-federal relations.
- Earlier this week, Oglala Sioux President Frank Star Comes Out revised claims that immigration enforcement arrested four tribal members and issued an updated memo on Thursday, saying his statement was `misinterpreted` and describing `cooperative communications` with federal officials.
- Amid broader Native concern, leaders pointed to past stops last year as Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren urged carrying IDs after detentions and ICE stopped Elaine Miles and a Salt River Pima-Maricopa member.
- DHS and ICE pushed back, saying they found no detainees identifying as Oglala Sioux and ICE requested only basic identifying information, Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said.
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Oglala Sioux president walks back claims of DHS pressure, member arres
The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe has walked back claims he made in a memo and press release earlier this week that immigration enforcement arrested four tribal members and that the federal government tried to extract an “immigration agreement” out of the tribe in return for information about their members’ whereabouts. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it can’t verify claims that any of their officers arrested or “even encount…
·Baltimore, United States
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