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riversedge

(79,709 posts)
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:40 PM Jan 9

OST Seeks Answers After Tribal Members Taken Into ICE Custody

Source: kotaradio.com


Jan 9, 2026 | 7:02 AM

Oglala Sioux Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out announced on social media that four tribal members were recently detained by ICE in Minneapolis, prompting a formal response from tribal leadership about Native Americans’ rights in federal immigration actions.

According to the President’s Office, the men were homeless and staying near the Little Earth housing complex when they were taken into custody. A tribal member who witnessed the incident confirmed they were enrolled Oglala Sioux citizens, though their names have not yet been released.

Star Comes Out said tribal attorneys have been instructed to contact Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan to locate the men and verify their identities....

Read more: https://www.kotaradio.com/2026/01/09/ost-seeks-answers-after-tribal-members-taken-into-ice-custody/



Article says they were homeless--Will ICE start arresting all homeless folks??



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OST Seeks Answers After Tribal Members Taken Into ICE Custody (Original Post) riversedge Jan 9 OP
Article from Rapid City, SD Post: riversedge Jan 9 #1
Obviously these iceholes failed history in elementary school. mjvpi Jan 9 #10
Kicking for the Oglala Sioux Tribe democrank Jan 9 #2
Bored agents screwing with people just because oasis Jan 9 #3
And they have quotas to achieve PatSeg Jan 9 #6
Just because they're brown. paleotn Jan 9 #8
They're too stupid to know that Native Americans are citizens. Lonestarblue Jan 9 #4
They aren't white JoseBalow Jan 9 #7
That's it, exactly. paleotn Jan 9 #9
Arresting homeless people PatSeg Jan 9 #5
I think the arresting and rounding up of homeless folk duckworth969 Jan 9 #11
ICE agents should be made to walk, barefoot, for over 2k miles without any breaks. sakabatou Jan 9 #12
Trail Of Whines... Bayard Jan 9 #15
Kick in support of the Oglala Sioux Clouds Passing Jan 9 #13
All I can say is IDIOTS! Buddyzbuddy Jan 9 #14
K&R Bayard Jan 9 #16
Proof that they don't know what the hell they're doing. ificandream Jan 10 #17

mjvpi

(1,889 posts)
10. Obviously these iceholes failed history in elementary school.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 07:37 PM
Jan 9

OLS we’re here first. They should have the right to deport first.

Lonestarblue

(13,260 posts)
4. They're too stupid to know that Native Americans are citizens.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 05:10 PM
Jan 9

Just like Trump was too ignorant to know that Puerto Ricans are US citizens. Quite a few of them traveling to the mainland have been stopped and refused entry because evidently the people we hire for ICE and CBP are all high school dropouts who slept through all their courses.

duckworth969

(1,259 posts)
11. I think the arresting and rounding up of homeless folk
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 08:02 PM
Jan 9

is directly connected to the federal camps being put in place around the country.

sakabatou

(45,812 posts)
12. ICE agents should be made to walk, barefoot, for over 2k miles without any breaks.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 08:08 PM
Jan 9

No food. No water. No rest.

Buddyzbuddy

(2,201 posts)
14. All I can say is IDIOTS!
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 08:30 PM
Jan 9

That should keep me out of trouble, but know that my thoughts might be construed as kookie or extreme against ICE.

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