ROSEBUD – President Kathleen Wooden Knife issued a statement regarding POTUS Executive Orders signed earlier this week, including those authorizing raids to expedite deportation of undocumented immigrants.
The statement was posted on the Rosebud Sioux Tribe’s social media accounts over the weekend. The tribe is currently working to authorize funds to allow tribal citizens to obtain identification cards. The statement urged tribal citizens to also obtain other valid forms of identification, including state driver licenses.
The statement reads: “On or about January 22, 2025, and upon taking the oath of office, United States President Donald Trump has issued a series of Executive Orders to order the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and Department of State to take all necessary action to immediately repel, repatriate, and remove illegal aliens across the United States.
“The Trump administration published in the federal register a notice to expand “expedited removal,” which allows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deport migrants without due process; and
“The Department of Homeland Security said it was ending a policy that restricted Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ ability to arrest undocumented people at or near so-call sensitive locations, including houses of worship, schools, and hospitals.
“Fast-tract deportations threatens U.S citizens, and that mass deportation would catch far more people that the recently unauthorized immigrants the policy purports to target, and result in the expulsion of legal permanent residents, even U.S. citizens; “Racial profiling could result in US citizens and immigrants who ordinarily wouldn’t be subject to expedited removal being deported. Expedited deportation threatens the due process rights of all US citizens, including Tribal members, and violates the US Constitution and 1868 and 1851 Treaties.
“The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Handbook for Employers M-274, recognizes that a Native American tribal or community membership document issued by a Native American Indian tribe, or an Alaskan or Aleut community, recognized by the U.S, federal government, is evidence of identity, lawful permanent residence, and citizenship of the United States. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe is authorizing funds for the issuance of Tribal ID cards to all tribal members, and encourages all Tribal members to carry valid forms of identification.
“The Rosebud Sioux Tribe is in the process of assessing the legal effects of the unlawful and unconstitutional Trump administration Executive Orders, and will fiercely defend against any threat to the sovereignty of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and protect the rights of tribal members.
We will stand in unity and like our ancestors we will persevere.”
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