Elaine Miles was walking to a bus stop in Redmond to go to Target, she said, when four men wearing masks and vests with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement label stepped out of two black SUVs with no front plates and pressed her for her ID.

Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.

Federal government agencies recognize tribal ID as a valid form of identification, and Miles has used it to travel back and forth to Canada and Mexico without any issues.

Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
    1133·
    14 hours ago

    You had 4 masked cops come out of an unmarked car and call you a liar?

    when four men wearing masks and vests with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement label stepped out of two black SUVs with no front plates and pressed her for her ID.

    Then try to seize your phone?

    When she pointed to an enrollment office phone number printed on the back of the card and asked them to call to verify, the agents refused. Miles then attempted to call herself, at which point the agents reportedly tried to seize her phone. Shortly after, a fifth agent called from one of the SUVs, and the group drove away.

    Then ICE rep calls you a liar again?

    “On November 3, ICE was conducting targeted immigration enforcement traffic stops and encountered Elaine Miles while investigating a vehicle registered to an illegal alien. She was never arrested. Any claim that ICE questioned her tribal ID are FALSE. ICE agents are trained to recognize tribal IDs and accept them as proof of status," Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Newsweek.

    https://www.newsweek.com/northern-exposure-actress-elaine-miles-detained-by-ice-told-id-is-fake-11124694

    • Xanthrax@lemmy.world
      11·
      7 hours ago

      No? I had a cop question my ID. I’m mostly angry with aggressive cops. I want to be on the same side.

    • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
      241·
      13 hours ago

      Nowhere in the comment you’re replying to did it say or imply anything along the lines of “the same thing happened to me.”

      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
        221·
        13 hours ago

        True. But what this person and her family went through should not be normalized or belittled. You seem like a good guy, so I bet you understand why I had to type that out.

        • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
          29·
          12 hours ago

          I rather took the comment as clearly saying ‘if they do it to my privileged demographic, how much worse will it be for the people they visually target?’

          • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
            3·
            9 hours ago

            It could be. I explained it and apologized if that’s how they meant it. I might be reacting like this is reddit and too strongly.

            • kelpie_is_trying@lemmy.world
              4·
              7 hours ago

              Right intention, wrong direction. Good looking out, but I’m confident they were being more sympathetic than your initial interpretation. “If white people get hassled over little details like this, I can only imagine how poc get treated” seems to be their intended message.

    • NutWrench@lemmy.mlEnglish
      86·
      13 hours ago

      What idiots are downvoting this? Four members of ICE, a group lying nazi shiatheads, accused the woman they detained of lying to them, despite the fact that she had the necessary idenfication.

      Then, after she pointed out that her detention could be cleared up with a single phone call, they refused to do it and tried to steal her phone when she tried to call.

      • zaph@sh.itjust.works
        5·
        9 hours ago

        They’re not being downvoted for incorrect information. They’re being downvoted because they appear to be attacking someone who is trying to empathize and are virtue signalling in the process.