It’s not a theory. The current Admin’s actions have caused Navajo citizens to be detained by ICE:
www.facebook.com/…/1023169666512732/
What reason does ICE have to detain them if they didn’t pick them up with the intent to deport them?
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realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 1 year ago
What an excellent question. I think most of them view it as a distinction without a difference, they don’t care at all if an migrant is legal or illegal. I think they also are subscribing to the slippery slope fallacy, assuming that those who want to deport illegals also want to have citizens deported from the country.
karl_chungus@lemm.ee 1 year ago
realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 1 year ago
As the article you shared states:
Despite possessing Certificates of Indian Blood (CIBs) and state-issued IDs, several individuals have been detained or questioned by ICE agents who do not recognize these documents as valid proof of citizenship.
I am inclined to agree with the post and what the Navajo Nation Council is asking for:
Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley emphasized the immediate need for the Executive Branch to issue protocols for tribal members living off-reservation.
karl_chungus@lemm.ee 1 year ago
You’d think they would’ve already done that as a bare minimum.
The only reason ICE agents have to doubt these documents is discrimination, especially if these are verifiable Navajo nation members.
In other words: if you’re brown, you’d better have the papers they want you to have, which are not defined.
realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 1 year ago
I disagree here somewhat. Now, maybe you know more about the background of ICE and how it’s been utilized in the past, admittedly I am not. But from the outside looking in, I can’t imagine a reason why ICE would have gone into reservations looking for Native Americans. If ICE usually isn’t sicced on Native Americans, it would make sense that they don’t have a process for validating the citizenhood of these Americans (although that certainly is quite an oversight).
As far as what documentation ICE looks for, isn’t that the stuff on this list:
Alice@hilariouschaos.com 1 year ago
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