Racial Targeting: Native Americans

2025 January

2025-01-28 The Navajo Nation in Arizona issued a warning to citizens that dozens of their tribe members were being stopped, questioned, and detained based solely on their appearance.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/us/navajo-detained-ice-indigenous-immigration-trump

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-immigration-raids-citizens-profiling-accusations-native-american-rcna189203

https://narf.org/citizenship-immigration-2025/

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/29/native-american-immigration-raids-navajo-nation

2025 November

2025-11-28 Elaine Miles, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and known for her acting role in Northern Exposure, was detained and questioned by ICE. News outlets reported that when she provided her tribal identification card, ICE accused her of providing a fake ID.

https://www.newsweek.com/northern-exposure-actress-elaine-miles-detained-by-ice-told-id-is-fake-11124694

https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/11/northern-exposure-actor-interrogated-by-ice-called-her-tribal-id-fake.html

https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2025/11/indigenous-actor-elaine-miles-says-ice-called-her-oregon-tribal-id-fake.html

2026 January

2026-01-15 ICE profiled and detained members of the Oglala Sioux tribe.

https://www.kotatv.com/2026/01/14/oglala-sioux-tribe-gives-update-tribal-members-detained-by-ice/

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5688969-oglala-sioux-tribe-demands-action/