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As the Trump administration searches for more space to detain immigrants, it is approaching Washington tribes to see if they will participate.
The Nisqually Tribal Council said in a statement Friday evening it learned that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been talking to one of its staff members without consulting the council.
The council said it also discovered ICE has been reaching out to other tribal governments and cities in Washington in an attempt to secure detention space.
For its part, the Nisqually Indian Tribe, whose reservation lies east of Olympia and which has a 288-bed correctional facility built in part with federal funds, is telling ICE no, according to the council.
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities,” said Tribal Chair E.K. Choke in the statement.
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Hey, you people whose land we stole! Can we use some your little remaining land we so generously let you keep to detain people we want to kick out of what is now rightfully our land, and definitely not yours or theirs?