Native Americans say they're being swept up by ICE

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🗓️ 15 January 2026

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This week the Oglala Sioux Tribe said tribal members were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after raids in Minnesota. AP's Graham Lee Brewer tells us more.

Then, President Trump is threatening to send the military to Minneapolis after another tense night there. Habon Abdulle, the executive director of the nonprofit Ayada Leads in Minneapolis, explains the toll on the Somali community there.

And, Wyoming lawmakers are proposing sweeping budget cuts to the state's health care system, economic development council, and only four-year public university, even though the state has a budget surplus. WyoFile reporter Maggie Mullen talks about why lawmakers are proposing these cuts and what they would mean for residents.

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0:26.3	As people of color, as many tribal citizens obviously are, do feel like they are being harassed or detained or in some cases even arrested by ICE officers.
0:36.8	Native American tribes say indigenous people are getting swept up in immigration raids.
0:51.7	It's Thursday, January 15th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR.
0:57.6	I'm Chris Bentley.
1:01.2	Today on the show, fear is spreading in Minneapolis as President Trump threatens to send in troops.
1:08.1	I believe hope is the last thing to die, but I'm shaking. I really cannot even share
1:13.8	what emotion is I'm going through right now. Also, Wyoming has a budget surplus, but the Republican
1:21.1	legislature is still making cuts to health care, education, and public media. These decisions we're
1:27.3	making are going to haunt the state.
1:30.5	Before we get to that, though, the Trump administration has claimed its immigration agenda
1:35.6	is targeted at people in the country illegally, especially those with criminal records.
1:41.2	But immigration agents have picked up and even deported people with no convictions.
1:46.1	They've detained, pepper-sprayed, and shot U.S. citizens. And now Native American tribes are
1:53.6	saying they're getting swept up in the dragnet as well. The Oglala Sioux tribe has contacted
2:00.3	federal officials, including the Department of Homeland Security, about four of its members that were reportedly detained during raids in Minneapolis.
2:09.0	The tribe's president, Frank Starr, comes out, said that would violate treaties and federal law.
2:15.6	But DHS, in a statement to NPR, denies that they've arrested or even
2:20.0	encountered members of the Oglala Sioux tribe. Graham Lee Brewer has been reporting on this for
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