US EditionOglala Sioux Tribe: 3 members arrested in Minnesota, detained by ICE
The Oglala Sioux Tribe argues detained members are U.S. citizens by statute and covered by treaty rights; three remain in ICE custody at Fort Snelling, tribe demands their release.
- On Friday, Frank Star Comes Out demanded the release of three tribal members detained by ICE in Minneapolis and transferred to the Fort Snelling ICE facility.
- On claims of jurisdiction, the Oglala Sioux leadership argues the detainees are `citizens of the United States by statute` and `citizens of the Oglala Sioux Nation by treaty`, and the tribal memorandum asserts tribal citizens are `not aliens` and `categorically outside immigration jurisdiction`.
- The tribe says it received only partial detainee details from federal agencies, and DHS had not responded to the tribe's requests, according to a memorandum to Secretary Kristi Noem.
- The tribe said the three detainees were homeless and living under a bridge in Minneapolis, emphasizing Star Comes Out's declaration that `Our citizens are not negotiable`.
- Facing broader enforcement patterns, the tribe insists it will not authorize ICE or Homeland Security on its land as advocates note Indigenous Americans face targeted crackdowns.
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January 14, 2026 – Minneapolis – Agencies. The leader of the nation Oglala Sioux has issued a formal demand for the release of several recently captured members of his community. Those affected were apprehended by migration officers in a settlement of homeless people located in the state of Minnesota. The tribal presidency has expressed its rejection of this event, sending official communications to the federal entities responsible for border se…
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The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe is calling on federal authorities to immediately release tribal citizens who were detained by Immigration and Customs En
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested four members of the Oglala Sioux tribe in Minneapolis and has taken three of them into custody. Chief Frank Star Comes Out of the tribe said they are now in an ICE facility in Minnesota and called for their immediate release, according to ABC News.
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