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douglas9

(5,600 posts)
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 06:52 AM 10 hrs ago

Oglala President Bans ICE and U.S. Border Patrol from Oglala Lakota Nation, Pine Ridge, South Dakota

Oglala Lakota President Frank Star Comes Out issued a Presidential Proclamation today banning both ICE and the U.S. Border Patrol from the Oglala Lakota Nation. The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council banned ICE, and rejected an agreement to work with immigration officials, on January 21.

President Star Comes Out points out in the Proclamation today that the U.S. Border Patrol is working with ICE in its "unlawful conduct against Native people in Minneapolis" -- which is within the Aboriginal Territory of the Great Sioux Nation.

Calling it "egregious conduct," the President's Proclamation states that ICE and the U.S. Border Patrol are targeting minorities throughout the United States, and Native people are being detained and injured, in violation of Treaties and civil rights.

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/01/oglala-president-bans-ice-and-us-border.html

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Oglala President Bans ICE and U.S. Border Patrol from Oglala Lakota Nation, Pine Ridge, South Dakota (Original Post) douglas9 10 hrs ago OP
K & R! democrank 9 hrs ago #1
I have relatives... 2naSalit 8 hrs ago #3
Good! 2naSalit 8 hrs ago #2

2naSalit

(100,638 posts)
3. I have relatives...
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 08:52 AM
8 hrs ago

And friends who are Native and I advise them to carry copies of their papers and IDs with them. I'm not pearly white and I am anxious when I go anywhere and I'm in the middle of nowhere. But I have seen a few gangs of thugs blasting down the road, sirens blaring.

Since I'm not in the Epstein files, I don't really feel all that safe.

2naSalit

(100,638 posts)
2. Good!
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 08:48 AM
8 hrs ago

They are sovereign nations, they have the right to bannish those assholes from another country!

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