Native Americans Face Racial Profiling in Minneapolis ICE Crackdown

Targeting of Native Americans by ICE

• 🎯 Native Americans in Minneapolis are reporting racial profiling and wrongful detentions by ICE agents during an anti-immigration crackdown.
• 💡 Many are being targeted based on their appearance, leading to a rush to obtain tribal identity cards as an added layer of protection.
• ⚠️ The situation is particularly concerning as Native Americans are the First Americans, not immigrants.

Historical Echoes and Community Response

• ⛓️ The federal building used by ICE is near Fort Snelling, a site of historic oppression where over 1500 Native Americans were forcibly detained in the 19th century.
• 💔 The community feels this historical trauma deeply, viewing current detentions as a "slap in the face."
• ☕ Powow Grounds, a cafe owned by Robert Rice, has become a refuge offering coffee, soup, and free legal advice to Native Americans, explicitly excluding ICE.
• 🗣️ Community members express frustration and disbelief that Native people, the original inhabitants, are being caught up in immigration enforcement actions.