“Recent reports of negative interactions with federal immigration agents have raised concerns that have prompted fear and anxiety among our community members,” Navajo Nation president Dr. Buu Nygren wrote in a statement.
Arizona state Senator Theresa Hatathlie, who is Diné/Navajo, told the outlet she received a report from a Navajo woman who reported that she and seven other Indigenous people were detained at a work site in Scottsdale, Arizona, and questioned for hours without their phones or any other way to contact their families or other officials.
‘Fear and anxiety’ as Navajo Nation members targeted in ICE operations Native American report ICE wasn’t recognizing their documentation.
“These raids have sparked significant fear, especially among tribal members in urban areas who face challenges with documentation,” the Navajo Nation said in a statement last week.
In the height of irony, members of the Navajo Nation are reportedly being swept up in federal raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, even though they are the ultimate indigenous people of the country and legal U.S. citizens.
