A video from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community's Wacipi claimed nine ICE agents were at the powwow. The tribe said the video was not accurate. The uniformed people were conservation officers, security staff, a police liaison, and visiting service members.
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“Nine ICE agents were on the grounds at the Shakopee powwow”
A video showed a man accusing uniformed personnel at the SMSC Wacipi of being ICE agents. The SMSC Business Council said the video was not accurate and no ICE agents were at the event. The uniformed people were tribal conservation officers, security staff, a police liaison, and visiting military service members.
“ICE is targeting and detaining Native Americans in Minneapolis as part of a racially motivated 'anti-immigrant' agenda toward a white ethnostate”
Native Americans have been detained during Minneapolis ICE operations, including tribal members whose IDs went unrecognized. A federal judge found agents used a race-based stop policy against Somali and Hispanic Minnesotans, not Native Americans. No court finding or official record shows an intentional policy or 'ethnostate' agenda targeting Native Americans.
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"https://ictnews.org/news/five-native-americans-detained-by-ice-during-ongoing-raids-in-minneapolis/",
"https://www.brookings.edu/articles/native-americans-are-getting-swept-up-in-immigration-raids-homeland-security-secretary-mullin-has-an-opportunity-to-fix-it/",
"https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/judge-rules-immigration-agents-minnesota-ice-surge-illegally-detained-people-racial-profiling/"
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