Navajo President Urges Dine' to Join ICE -- as Nationwide Protests Battle ICE Brutality
Navajo President urges Dine' to join ICE
While ICE is being protested around the country for the brutal arrests of crop workers in the fields, food vendors, and drags mothers and fathers from their homes -- Navajo President Buu Nygren urged 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."Read more from this statement in the comments below.
Nygren's statement urging Dine' to join ICE is on his Facebook page: