Over 15 Navajo Nation Members Swept Up in Trump Immigration Raids
Officials from the Navajo Nation are warning its members to carry personal identification that indicates they are citizens of the United States at all times following reports that more than a dozen Diné/Navajo people have been detained and questioned during immigration raids in Arizona and New Mexico since last Wednesday.
Navajo people, also known as Diné people, have experienced “negative and sometimes traumatizing experiences with federal agents targeting undocumented immigrants in the Southwest,” Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren said in a press release.
The exact number of Diné/Navajo Nation members who have been detained is unknown, but there have been at least 15 documented cases of people being stopped at their homes or workplaces over the past week, CNN reported on Monday. These individuals were questioned or detained by federal law enforcement, who demanded they provide proof of citizenship.
It’s unclear which federal agency or agencies detained these individuals. They have since been released, but the detentions have made residents worry that future Trump administration immigration raids could target them, despite their status as citizens.
In one incident, a person was detained by federal agents during a raid in Phoenix, Arizona, with a Navajo official describing their situation as a “wrong place, wrong time” situation. That person was released upon providing officials with tribal identification, but only after they were detained and questioned.
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"Wrong place, wrong time?" Stop apologizing for these assholes who can't tell a Native American from a Hispanic, let alone a legal immigrant from an undocumented one!
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