Posted on 01/30/2026 4:30:16 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flooded Minneapolis, Shane Mantz dug his Choctaw Nation citizenship card out of a box on his dresser and slid it into his wallet.
Some strangers mistake the pest-control company manager for Latino, he said, and he fears getting caught up in ICE raids.
Like Mantz, many Native Americans are carrying tribal documents proving their U.S. citizenship in case they are stopped or questioned by federal immigration agents. This is why dozens of the 575 federally recognized Native nations are making it easier to get tribal IDs. They’re waiving fees, lowering the age of eligibility — ranging from 5 to 18 nationwide — and printing the cards faster.
It’s the first time tribal IDs have been widely used as proof of U.S. citizenship and protection against federal law enforcement, said David Wilkins, an expert on Native politics and governance at the University of Richmond.
“I don’t think there’s anything historically comparable,” Wilkins said. “I find it terribly frustrating and disheartening.”
As Native Americans around the country rush to secure documents proving their right to live in the United States, many see a bitter irony.
“As the first people of this land, there’s no reason why Native Americans should have their citizenship questioned,” said Jaqueline De León, a senior staff attorney with the nonprofit Native American Rights Fund and member of Isleta Pueblo.
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Aren’t Native Americans registered with a tribe? Well, all except the ones with high cheekbones from Harvard.
EC
Good grief. Next they’ll fabricate an invasion on Little Italy
Good income potential for tribe.
Scaremongering B.S.
It is A.P.
So what? I have to carry ID too.
This is not a story about ICE oppressing Native Americans.
This is a story about Native Americans worrying about stuff that isn’t happening.
So he doesn't have a state driver license or state ID ? Why wouldn't that be good enough???
A.P. Associated Propagandists
At first I thought this was an article from the Babylon Bee
I thought it was the BB.
These media people are trying very hard to scare everybody.
I heard some legal green card residents, even foreign born citizens being worried about being deported.
Hispanics, Asian, now Native Americans, soon blacks.
And Dems are “fighting” for them!
It is a clearly orchestrated campaign to fight Trump.
To elect Dems in 2026!
Has anyone ever told these retards at AP that they are retards?
Multiple lies all in one headline from the AP scumbags.
I’ve seen two stories about Native Americans being detained posted here (even ones who have tribal ID on them). So it’s happened.
I would assume ICE has done something to correct the error.
Native Americans aren’t having their citizenship questioned. Everybody is because there is no way to automatically know just by looking at someone if they are a citizen, a legal resident alien or an illegal alien. This is not specific to Native Americans.
Also, this would be far less of a problem if the Democrats had not let in....12 million? 15 million? 20 million? people ILLEGALLY.
Unfortunately no because blue states have given illegal aliens drivers’ licenses.....so as to make it easier for them to work illegally, claim public benefits illegally and vote illegally.
As a guy married to an Apache with 1/2 Apache kids and who lives all of 100 yards from the reservation, I call 100% BS on this.
My wife has the same exact New Mexico birth certificate I have. Heck multiple Apache are ICE.
Wow, a new low for A$$ Paper.
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