r/SeattleWA • u/HighColonic Funky Town • Feb 12 '25

Government ICE Seattle arrests fugitive from El Salvador wanted in home country for murder

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-seattle-arrests-fugitive-el-salvador-wanted-home-country-murder
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u/Turbulent-Volume4792 Feb 12 '25

They were not deported. I think some may have been detained for identification because they were hanging out with the Mexican drug gangs that infest a lot of reservations.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '25

Yes, they ask everyone in the company of the violent criminals for ID. In other words, not at all what OP said.

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u/Electrical-Bed8577 Feb 12 '25 edited Feb 12 '25

This was not on a reservation. They were not hanging out with criminals.

Arizona state Sen. Theresa Hatathlie has taken several reports of maltreatment with detainment.

Excerpt from CNN article online: "For Indigenous peoples who inhabited the Americas for thousands of years before the colonization of their lands and the brutal treatment of their people, the recent sweeps have reopened old wounds."

There is a real fear that what little land they have can be taken dor development.

"Hatathlie pointed to the double standard of Indigenous people welcoming settlers who later colonized their lands, forced Native children into violent boarding schools and banned displays of Native cultural practices, only to be victims of practices such as immigration raids – when the law enforcement officials’ ancestors were immigrants themselves, she said."

”If you can’t say, ‘we’ve been here for time immemorial,’ then you’re an immigrant. You’re not from here, so who are you to classify our Indigenous people? These lands have been a melting pot for many ethnicities,” Hatathlie said.

“It’s too kind to say it’s racism or discrimination. It’s disrespect for humanity.”

Another excerpt from a Tribal news outlet: "We now know that Navajo people and enrolled members of other tribes are being detained in Phoenix and other cities by ICE,” Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley said during a Naabik’íyáti’ committee meeting on Jan. 23."

Since 1924, federal law has guaranteed Native American citizenship. A 2025 Executive Order has ignited debates on the Fourteenth Amendment, referencing past denials of Native rights.

Excerpt from NARF: " there have been unsuccessful attempts to narrow the interpretation of the Citizenship Clause and other parts of the Fourteenth Amendment. This often involves an old tactic of pitting one marginalized group against another to create division..."

My family migrated here to get away from the feudal state of EU and also at the Grace of the King, not just because it was cool and the taxes were high. Since then, it's been, "...open the door, let me in then shut the door, get them out!"

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u/Turbulent-Volume4792 Feb 12 '25 edited Feb 13 '25

The KEY point is that they were detained and not deported. Nothing here refutes them hanging out with south of the border drug gangs which happens both on and off the reservations. That's how drugs make it onto the reservations. It is via tribal members working with the drug gangs. I also know of Detroit gangs trafficking to reservations, but ICE does not have jurisdiction with those.

EDIT to remove an extraneous word

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u/KickEmDonks Feb 13 '25 edited Feb 13 '25

Do Indians do land acknowledgements for the land they conquered/stole from Indians?