Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention

[Eugene]

Earlier DU thread: OST Seeks Answers After Tribal Members Taken Into ICE Custody

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Source: Associated Press

Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention

GRAHAM LEE BREWER
Tue, January 13, 2026 at 7:59 PM EST
3 min read

The president of Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota on Tuesday called for the immediate release of tribal members who were detained at a homeless encampment by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota last week.

Three of the four Oglala Sioux Tribe members who were arrested in Minneapolis on Friday have been transferred to an ICE facility at Fort Snelling, President Frank Star Comes Out said in a statement released with a memorandum sent to federal immigration authorities.

“The Oglala Sioux Tribe's memorandum makes clear that ‘tribal citizens are not aliens’ and are ‘categorically outside immigration jurisdiction,’” Star Comes Out said. “Enrolled tribal members are citizens of the United States by statute and citizens of the Oglala Sioux Nation by treaty.”

Details about the circumstances that led to their detention were unclear.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/oglala-sioux-tribe-says-three-005949945.html

[Dr. T]

1. The desperation of ICE goons to hit their quota is strong.

The Orange Serpent and his evil overlord, Stevie Miller, demand 3,000 arrests per day. I wonder what fate awaits the ICE goons who fail. I hope they are on the receiving end of their brutal abuse.

[Buddyzbuddy]

2. No matter how badly they f*ck everything up they think they're ok.

[NJCher]

3. As if

We haven’t abused the Sioux and other tribes enough. Now this.

[byronius]

4. Well -- racist Nazi GOP goons are just plain evil.

They don’t read, or think or reason — so history and humanism are beyond their grasp. I’m sure the Trumpanzees will create some ‘good reasons’ for these barbaric acts.

Every day they hold power the US grows weaker, more debased and demeaned.