Navajo President Urges Dine' to Join ICE -- as Nationwide Protests Battle ICE Brutality
Navajo President urges Dine' to join ICE
"President Nygren called for the recruitment of Navajo citizens into federal enforcement roles, including ICE, citing their strong military backgrounds, cultural understanding, and ability to foster trust within Native communities," Nygren's office said in a statement after meeting with federal law enforcement in Phoenix.
Dine' responded to the Navajo President.
"He Wants Diné to Work for ICE."
"Nygren called on Navajo citizens to join ICE. ICE is an agency known for separating families, abusing Indigenous people along the border, and terrorizing communities. For a Navajo president to encourage Diné to become agents of ICE is betrayal. He is asking us to turn against our relatives for federal approval."
Dine' responded to the Navajo President.
"He Wants Diné to Work for ICE."
"Nygren called on Navajo citizens to join ICE. ICE is an agency known for separating families, abusing Indigenous people along the border, and terrorizing communities. For a Navajo president to encourage Diné to become agents of ICE is betrayal. He is asking us to turn against our relatives for federal approval."
Read more from this statement in the comments below.
Nygren's statement urging Dine' to join ICE is on his Facebook page:
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Honey Honeycomb
Statement to the Diné People
Buu Nygren Is Not Protecting Us. He Is Betraying Us
On September 16, President Buu Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren stood with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, ICE, FBI, and FEMA to announce a “public safety initiative.” He claimed it was about cybersecurity and crime. But in truth, this move shows us where his loyalty lies and it is not with the Navajo People.
1. He Sold Our Sovereignty
Nygren has tied Navajo police and emergency management directly to federal agencies. This means Homeland Security and ICE will have more power inside our Nation than our own People. That is not sovereignty, that is surrender.
2. He Wants Diné to Work for ICE
Nygren called on Navajo citizens to join ICE. ICE is an agency known for separating families, abusing Indigenous people along the border, and terrorizing communities. For a Navajo president to encourage Diné to become agents of ICE is betrayal. He is asking us to turn against our relatives for federal approval.
3. He Misuses Our Money
Nygren signed $5 million to create a “specialized police unit.” Not for water. Not for homes. Not for our schools or elders. Instead, millions are going into a militarized unit that will work side by side with DHS and ICE. Our people live without running water and electricity, yet he funds police forces that answer to outsiders.
4. He Keeps Secrets
This deal was announced in Phoenix with federal partners, not with the People in Window Rock or in our Chapters. Once again, Nygren hides his plans, denies the People’s voice, and chooses secrecy over transparency.
5. He Is Silent on Real Threats
Nygren stays quiet about Raytheon’s missile factory on Navajo land, about uranium contamination, about misuse of ARPA funds, about broken infrastructure. He is silent when it comes to defending us, but loud when it comes to marching in step with ICE and Homeland Security.
Our Truth
This is not protection.
This is not leadership.
This is betrayal.
The Diné People deserve leaders who defend sovereignty, protect our families, and put our elders and children first not leaders who sell us out to federal agencies.
Honey Honeycomb
Raytheon, NAPI, and Nygren’s Dirty Deals
Shí k’é dóó shí dine’é, we must speak with truth. NAPI was created to grow food for our Nation, but its land now houses Raytheon, one of the world’s largest war corporations. The Raytheon Diné Facility sits south of Farmington on NAPI land along Highway 371, in the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry park. Instead of corn, wheat, and potatoes, Raytheon builds missiles and war technology on our sacred land.
These weapons do not stay here. They are shipped overseas and used in today’s wars. The facility supports programs like the Javelin anti-tank missile, widely used in Ukraine against Russian forces, the Patriot missile defense system, deployed in Europe and the Middle East and the AIM-120 AMRAAM, a standard U.S. and NATO air-to-air missile. These weapons strike tanks, intercept aircraft, and fuel destruction across the globe. When Raytheon profits from war, it is our soil, our water, and our labor that feed the war machine. Spiritually, this ties the Diné People to bloodshed we did not choose.
And what do we receive in return? A bag of potatoes, some flour, a little cornmeal while Raytheon takes billions in federal contracts and funnels the money into its shareholders, executives, and partners in Washington. The profits do not return to the Diné. They leave us with poverty, contamination, and the shame of being made part of wars against other Indigenous Peoples across the world.
President Buu Nygren calls this “development.” But development does not mean running water for our children, or electricity for our elders, or safe homes for our families. Instead, he funds NAPI to protect Raytheon’s presence, handing us starch for survival while handing outsiders control of our land. This is not sovereignty. This is surrender. This is betrayal.
The weapons made on NAPI land are being used in current wars, the profits go to outsiders, the burden falls on us. The Diné deserve clean water, safe homes, real food, and true leadership not weapons factories, not token handouts, and not dirty dealing. We are Diné. We will not trade hózhó for war.
“We honor our Diné warriors and all who serve, but we reject corporations like Raytheon that profit from our land and blood. Our fight is with exploitation, not with our children who wear the uniform.”
Navajo nation has always been corrupt. "Vote me for President and I will end corruption". This is what they all say. Play with poly ticks and get bit.
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