Okanagan Nation Alliance among Indigenous groups issuing travel advisory to U.S.
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Indigenous travellers crossing the border into the United States are being warned to exercise extreme caution amid an increasingly tense political climate.
Indigenous travellers crossing the border into the United States are being warned to exercise extreme caution amid an increasingly tense political climate.
“The biggest concern is having many of our First Nations from Canada wrongfully detained in the United States,” said Terry Teegee, the regional chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations.
Those fears have prompted travel advisories to be issued by Indigenous groups across Canada.
That includes the Okanagan Nation Alliance, which represents eight First Nations communities.
“It has to do with ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement). It has to do with (U.S. President Donald) Trump’s policies,” said Chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band, Clarence Louie.
As ICE agents step up enforcement and scrutiny stateside, concerns are growing on the Canadian side of the border.
“A number of Native Americans are being detained and also being harassed in regards to the many ICE officers that are detaining them,” Teegee said. “So we’re also hearing that First Nations that come from Canada are also getting harassed and detained at the border.”
The Assembly of First Nations, a national advocacy organization, advised “Any First Nations members travelling to the U.S. to carry valid identification. including a Status Card and a valid Passport.”
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