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Ho-Chunk Nation Offers Free Tribal IDs Amid ICE Fears
Clip: Season 2300 Episode 2331 | 1m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Jon Greendeer on reimbursing U.S. passport costs for Ho-Chunk members amid fear over ICE.
Ho-Chunk Nation President Jon Greendeer describes the tribal government's promise to offer free tribal IDs for members and reimburse the cost to obtain a U.S. passport amid fear over ICE arrests.
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Ho-Chunk Nation Offers Free Tribal IDs Amid ICE Fears
Clip: Season 2300 Episode 2331 | 1m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Ho-Chunk Nation President Jon Greendeer describes the tribal government's promise to offer free tribal IDs for members and reimburse the cost to obtain a U.S. passport amid fear over ICE arrests.
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>> Despite promises from President Trump to target undocumented immigrants with a criminal record, pressure on Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to make arrests expands that scope.
Fears remain high as stories spread on social media that members of tribes in Wisconsin have been stopped by Ice officials to ease concerns.
Ho-Chunk nation President John Greendeer has promised his people free tribal IDs, as well as reimbursement for the cost to obtain a US passport.
>> The United States passport is probably what I feel is the most legitimate form of in universally accepted form of identification.
And so the scrutiny for securing your passport is, is pretty significant.
I tried to do my best to articulate that the passport will be available to tribal members and their children, whether or not they are enrolled in rollable or not enrolled.
And you have to be strong for a family, but you send your brown kids out the door and you don't have control over, you know, their environment.
You know, we and this is something that is endemic to a lot of tribal communities that we worry about our kids every day before Ice.
You know, we didn't need ice to You know, we didn't need ice to
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