OST Seeks Answers After Tribal Members Taken Into ICE Custody

[riversedge]

Source: kotaradio.com


Jan 9, 2026 | 7:02 AM

Oglala Sioux Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out announced on social media that four tribal members were recently detained by ICE in Minneapolis, prompting a formal response from tribal leadership about Native Americans’ rights in federal immigration actions.

According to the President’s Office, the men were homeless and staying near the Little Earth housing complex when they were taken into custody. A tribal member who witnessed the incident confirmed they were enrolled Oglala Sioux citizens, though their names have not yet been released.

Star Comes Out said tribal attorneys have been instructed to contact Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan to locate the men and verify their identities....

Read more: https://www.kotaradio.com/2026/01/09/ost-seeks-answers-after-tribal-members-taken-into-ice-custody/

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Article says they were homeless--Will ICE start arresting all homeless folks??



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[riversedge]

1. Article from Rapid City, SD Post:

Link to tweet

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[mjvpi]

10. Obviously these iceholes failed history in elementary school.

OLS we’re here first. They should have the right to deport first.

[democrank]

2. Kicking for the Oglala Sioux Tribe

especially those detained by ICE.

[oasis]

3. Bored agents screwing with people just because

they can.

[PatSeg]

6. And they have quotas to achieve

Those victims are just numbers to ICE.

[paleotn]

8. Just because they're brown.

[Lonestarblue]

4. They're too stupid to know that Native Americans are citizens.

Just like Trump was too ignorant to know that Puerto Ricans are US citizens. Quite a few of them traveling to the mainland have been stopped and refused entry because evidently the people we hire for ICE and CBP are all high school dropouts who slept through all their courses.

[JoseBalow]

7. They aren't white

That's really all that matters to them, isn't it?

[paleotn]

9. That's it, exactly.

Racist fucks.

[PatSeg]

5. Arresting homeless people

sounds like something Hitler would do.

[duckworth969]

11. I think the arresting and rounding up of homeless folk

is directly connected to the federal camps being put in place around the country.

[sakabatou]

12. ICE agents should be made to walk, barefoot, for over 2k miles without any breaks.

No food. No water. No rest.

[Bayard]

15. Trail Of Whines...

[Clouds Passing]

13. Kick in support of the Oglala Sioux

[Buddyzbuddy]

14. All I can say is IDIOTS!

That should keep me out of trouble, but know that my thoughts might be construed as kookie or extreme against ICE.

[Bayard]

16. K&R

Hiring the best people.

[ificandream]

17. Proof that they don't know what the hell they're doing.