https://ictnews.org/news/five-native-americans-detained-by-ice-during-ongoing-raids-in-minneapolis/At least five Native American men have been detained and an unknown number questioned by immigration officers across the Minneapolis area in the midst of what a top official called the “largest immigration raid ever.”After 2,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrived in Minneapolis early this week, Indigenous residents on the city’s southside have witnessed agents question and even detain community members. Blocks away from a local Native American housing community, a 37-year-old mother was shot by ICE agents Wednesday, sparking nationwide protests.“I think some of them [ICE] don’t even know what they’re doing or where they’re at,” said Little Crow Belcourt, White Earth Ojibwe and the director of the Indigenous Peoples Movement. “They’re just pulling people over at random, if you’re Brown. Some of our Native (American) people get mistaken for our relatives south of the border.”Minneapolis’ southside, particularly around Franklin Avenue East, has historically been an area for Indigenous people to gather and live. South Side Housing was first taken over by the Indigenous community in 1975, when it became Little Earth, and since then the area has become the center for the Indigenous community. Community members often call Little Earth an urban reservation, Belcourt said. On Tuesday, ICE agents attempted to enter Little Earth Housing Project property. Little Earth is the first Native American community housing project in the United States. Property managers told ICT they informed ICE that they were not welcome and turned agents away.
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>>1475186Early Friday morning, ICE agents attempted to detain another Native American community member, Rachel Dionne-Thunder, co-founder of the Indigenous Peoples’ Movement, who was sitting in her car down the street from the Powwow Grounds coffee shop.Coffee shop workers told ICT they ran outside to stop the agents and protect Dionne-Thunder, who recorded the incident on Facebook live.Under a bridge near Little Earth, agents detained four Native American men, all citizens of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, according to tribal President Frank Star Comes Out. At least one of the men has been freed after a 12-hour hold, but the community is unaware of his whereabouts, a community advocate from Homeward Bound, a southside homeless advocacy center, told ICT on Friday. On Thursday, a Red Lake Nation descendant, Jose Roberto “Beto” Ramirez, was detained by ICE in a northern Minneapolis suburb as he was driving to visit his aunt.Star Comes Out said the tribe’s attorneys have reached out to Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, White Earth Ojibwe, to learn more about where the Oglala Lakota men are being held. The names of the four men are not yet available. Right now, the tribe is working with Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith, Democratic-Farmer-Labor-Farmer-Labor, her office told ICT.“Native people have been here since time immemorial – there’s no one that has been a citizen of this country longer than us,” Flanagan told ICT. “The obvious racial profiling happening to our community is disgraceful. My heart breaks to hear about what’s happening and it pisses me off. ICE is doing nothing but making our communities less safe. They need to get out of Minnesota and leave us alone. To Indian Country – take care of each other, protect each other, and continue to have each other’s backs. I’m with you. This won’t be the last you hear from me on this.”
>>1475189Star Comes Out said once tribal attorneys can locate the four men they plan to provide documentation of their citizenship and tribal membership status. The tribal president said the men were homeless and therefore unable to supply sufficient documentation of their own during the interaction. Ramirez, the Red Lake man, was detained by ICE sometime after calling his aunt at 11 a.m. Thursday to tell her he was being followed by a black Ford SUV with at least four men inside, according to his aunt, Shawntia Sosa-Clara. Ramirez was driving to visit Sosa-Clark at her home in Crystal, Minnesota, directly outside of Minneapolis.On Wednesday, nearly 24 hours before Ramirez reported being followed, Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent outside her residence on the city’s southside. That same morning, residents at Little Earth, a Native American residential neighborhood on the southside, reported ICE agents entering the building and dragging out individuals.On Thursday evening, Ramirez was released from the Whipple Building in Minneapolis, where relatives were turned away earlier in the day while attempting to locate him and provide his passport and birth certificate. When Ramirez realized he was being followed, he called his aunt Shawntia Sosa-Clara for help. Over the phone, Sosa-Clara told Ramirez to stay calm, listen to the agents and stop at the HyVee Grocery Store in Robbinsdale, near where he was currently driving. Sosa-Clara called 911, informed them of the situation and quickly arrived and parked next to her nephew, who entered her vehicle. Moments later approximately five ICE agents holding firearms exited the vehicle that had been following Ramirez. Sosa-Clara immediately began recording on her cellphone, which she posted to her Facebook page.
>>1475191“I said, ‘This is my nephew, he’s a citizen, we’re Native,’” Sosa-Clara told ICT. Robbinsdale Police Department had already arrived at the scene, but did not intervene as shown by live footage on Sosa-Clara’s Facebook page.ICE has not responded to ICT on why they were pursuing Ramirez or where he was taken.In the video, agents are heard requesting to scan Ramirez’s face when moments later he’s struck by ICE agents on his face and body. Sosa-Clara is shown attempting to shield and pull back her nephew from agents before another ICE agent steps forward and restrains her.Ramirez is then removed from his aunt’s vehicle and held over a HyVee customer’s vehicle while five agents handcuff him. “Why couldn’t you help us?” Sosa-Clara said to Robbinsdale police officers.But the Robbinsdale Police Department couldn’t do anything but observe the situation, said Capt. John Elder. Elder said Robbinsdale police don’t have jurisdiction over federal investigations, and cannot interfere. “It was wholly their [ICE’s] incident,” Elder told ICT.Sosa-Clara said the family was later connected to Ramirez through a lawyer who informed them ICE agents are alleging Ramirez struck them first. Red Lake’s legal department was able to provide assistance to Ramirez and his family, Red Lake Nation Chairman Darrell G. Seki Sr. told ICT on Friday.The family descends from the Red Lake Nation, Sosa-Clara said. While not enrolled, Sosa-Clara and Ramirez’s mother are descendants of the Red Lake Nation through their maternal great-grandparents who were the last to be enrolled. Red Lake Nation requires enrollees to possess one-quarter blood quantum for enrollment. Because of his status as a descendant, Ramirez does not possess a tribal ID, something that saved another tribal member questioned by ICE in Minneapolis earlier, according to Red Lake tribal employees.
>>1475192According to Joe Plummer, attorney for the Red Lake Nation, another tribal member had been questioned by ICE prior to this incident and was released when the individual produced a tribal ID.A search by ICT of US federal inmate records and ICE detainees at Minnesota’s three partner facilities did not produce responsive records regarding Ramirez.On the south side of Minneapolis, community advocate Jearica Fountain, Karuk Tribe, said she’s heard numerous reports of ICE encounters with Native Americans. “Native Americans are being detained, but then no one knows where to find them to bring in verification to show they’re Native American,” Fountain said.The United States Government’s searchable database of ICE detainees does not allow for the selection of “United States” as an individual’s birth country, making it complicated and impossible to search for citizens detained. On Wednesday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said at least 100 people have been detained from Minneapolis this week.Little Earth housingFountain, a longtime resident of Minneapolis, said community members at Little Earth reported, and documented video, of at least three individuals being removed by ICE from the facility. One community member told ICT the agents appeared to be targeting maintenance workers and parents dropping children off at the Little Earth Daycare center, a predominantly Native childcare center.Minneapolis’s southside is also home to a significant number of Somali refugees, who have recently become the target of a federal probe into childcare fraud, prompting ICE’s recent visit to the city.Following the killing of Renee Good, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz have requested the removal of ICE from the state.
>>1475193Fountain said she fears that the Native community of south Minneapolis is being targeted by ICE.“I wasn’t sure if their intention is to go after Native Americans specifically, or maybe there are outsiders who don’t know about the large Native American community here and what tribal identification looks like,” she said. South Minneapolis is a “cultural corridor,” Fountain said. The area includes Indian Health Service facilities, the American Indian Center and other cultural programs. Fountain began posting on Facebook about ICE presence in south Minneapolis following the raid of Little Earth. After her initial posts, Fountain said community members began to reach out for help and resources. “The day started with them going after the Native community and not long after that [the killing of Good] happened,” Fountain said. “A white woman was (killed) and Native Americans were attacked, and that was a shock to the community… anyone can be targeted.” Fountain said another large concern is that ICE agents are racially profiling Native people, mistaking them for central and South American immigrants. In November, Leticia Jacobo, Salt River Pima, was mistakenly flagged as an undocumented immigrant by the Polk County Sheriff’s Department in central Iowa. Jacobo’s family feared the error occurred because of her surname, which is Spanish in origin. Polk County Sheriff’s Department Officials said Jacobo’s flagging was a “clerical error” as officers were looking for another inmate by that name to slate for deportation. There’s a lack of data on how many American Indian or Alaska Native people have been stopped, questioned or detained by ICE. This is partially due to a lack of reporting, but also the Homeland Security department’s consistent denial that any U.S. citizen has been detained.
>>1475194Following the killing of Good and an ICE raid at a public high school, several tribal organizations in Minneapolis have closed for the remainder of the week. As of Thursday evening, the Red Lake Nation, Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe have all issued statements condemning ICE’s actions and presence in Minneapolis. In the wake of increased ICE presence in Native communities, the Mille Lacs Band said it will now be issuing tribal IDs to all members ages five and up. Previously IDs were only given to tribal members 12 and up, a spokesperson told ICT.
>>1475186Who would have thought actively recruiting low IQ racists, giving them no training, and unleashing them on the country like a plague would lead to so many fuck ups?President Newsom is going to eliminate the entire department on his first day in office, and that's a good thing
>>1475197ICE wasn't around at the beginning of this century, and by god it shouldn't be around by the end of this decade.
>>1475198Found the turdie
>>1475198year*
>>1475200Whiter than you, mutt.
>>1475202Not a chance
>>1475205Paleness from never going outside doesn't count.
>>1475258Projection
>>1475198America won't be around by the end of this decade. Good.
>>1475278are you a chinese shill or a russia shill
>>1475197They're not fuck ups, Anon. Those ICE agents should be heralded as heroes for making the sacrifice in doing the vital work they have ahead of them restoring America to it's white glory. Just like those fucking Venezuelans building their shit cities on our oil, those ""Native American"" injuns shouldn't have been here in the first place. I say deport every last one of them. Maybe to whatever shithole we're sending the ""Palestinians"" to, they're the same land stealing scum.
>>1475186It will be interesting to see how far ICE's already low approval ratings sinks from the debacle of the last few days.
>>1475578>Muh consensus propaganda!!!I approve of deported Mexicans and dead homos.I hope they continue to deport Mexicans and kill homos.I think most non-Yougov folk feel the same.
>>1475648What's it like being ever further right than Stephen Miller? Is it lonely?
>>1475651>Spends no less that 60 hours on the Internet gaslighting>You must be lonely.Nah. No one likes homos either. I take constant random complaints about they/thems, troons, and faggots that I can't response to every single day at my job because I'll get fired.No one likes fags. No one likes Mexicans. The 49/51 lie is explicit propaganda.
>>1475656>goes to grocery store>constantly surrounded by libshits and homos with blue hair>illegal pakistanis at the checkout isle>Biden bumper stickers on every other car>"No one likes fags." "No one likes Mexicans."kek
>>1475669>Surrounded by blue hairsEveryone stares at that person because they're waiting for a flip out.>Biden bumper stickersI haven't seen one of those since 2022. I'm pretty sure most Dems gave up after Hillary lost and Biden won (which was a disaster). I saw very few Harris/Walz stickers and zero year signs.And yes, everyone is tired of fagtivists.
>>1475695>that personAnon there are millions of people like that>I haven't seen one of those since 2022.Well thanks for admitting you never go outside, as if it wasn't obvious.
>>1475648Yes Anon, consensus matters. I know you think you're being "based" but to civil society outside of 4chan you are a psychopath.You can test this yourself. Try putting "I hope they continue to deport Mexicans and kill homos" on your desk at work, your LinkedIn profile, a resume or as a bumper sticker and see what the consensus from society is.
>>1475721>Yes Anon, consensus matters. I know you think you're being "based" but to civil society outside of 4chan you are a psychopath.Nah. As stated, your shit is tolerated because of the 49/51 lie that's pushed.No one likes fags. No one agrees with you There is no grand consensus anywhere but on social media, and the corporate news.The kings and queens of bootlickers are out in force demanding their illegal immigrants to bolster apportionment numbers for Democrat controlled states and so businesses can milk the government for money to provide services to the 3/5ths people.Democrat strategy has never evolved.
>>1475731Not him but you should really try to get out of your hugbox for a while, maybe stay off the internet entirely for a few weeks.
>>1475731>There is no grand consensus anywhere but on social media, and the corporate news.Go ahead and take my challenge then. Post what you think publicly if you honestly believe no one likes fags and this is just online social media talk
>>1475746>hugboxWhere is such a place?
>>1475748>Post what you think on social mediaPeople are doing that on x and EU is seething about it right now.
>>1475750Where ever it is you get these crazy wrong ideas about society.
>>1475754>only pays attention to the one social media point not the othersDesk at work, resume, bumper sticker. Literally anywhere in civil society. You won't for the reason we both know
>>1475760I'll lose my job if I violate the EEOC regulations.Compliance doesn't mean consensus.
>>1475762Compliance with fascist leftism totalitarianism? Interesting.
>fascist leftismI hate that I share this board with 80 IQ retards who don't know what fascism is.
>>1475776It's an off shot of authoritarianism which is inherently conservative, and since conservative's second nature is to project, you get weird shit like >>1475772
>>1475779Every form of government is inherently authoritarian.
>>1475784Look out guys we got a lolbertard over here
>>1475762>bro there's no consesus at all, no one likes fags, it's all just social mediaOkay, than say that openly literally anywhere public>I can't do that, I'd lose my job! But that doesn't mean the vast majority of civil society would see me as a worthless bigot. Just because they're the majority, I'm right. Slow claps, Cleetus, slow claps.
>>1475787He's correct
>>1475799I do say it openly and frequently to my boss, coworkers, friends and family and they agree. You're not positioning yourself in the correct social circles lil guy.
>>1475827So when you said you would lose your job you were lying, or are you admitting your employer doesn't follow regulations? How large a company is it?
>>1475186Republicans don't respect protests unless they are at the capitol building. If protestors want to help their peoples during republican rule, there are these 2 options: 1. Marry them. Republicans respect marriage.2. Gold card. Republicans respect 1 million dollars.
>>1475844Your protests aren't real grassroots events though. They're media events.
>>1475853>Media shows up to big event>"It's a media event!"retard.
>>1475825According to whom?
>>1475888According to common sense?What kind of government doesn't want its authority respected? Are you retarded?
>>1475891So you don't have a source. I thought so.
>>1475895Nta but every government imposes a standard of law enforced by violence . Governance itself is inherently authoritarian.
>>1475278Despite the Trump administration doing their very best to do so it won't because even as retarded as le orange man is america is still taking a shit on the entire world.Think about that. America is retarded and run by a literal buffoon and it's still so far ahead the rest of the world simply shrug and roll over. >>b-but muh China or Russia stronk!Russia couldn't bully a neighbor one tenth its size and China has been so cucked they had a melty because of fucking nancy pelosi lol
>>1475839How large are deez nutz draggin across your shill face nigger?
>>1475839That wasn't me. What I do is highly regulated by the government. What I do is work three months out of the year then fuck-all for the remaining 9. And I'm not willing to risk it Which is why the middle class had to die for democracy to turn to shit. And for authoritarian leftism to thrive.
