Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján and U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández have introduced bipartisan legislation this week that aims to prevent federal immigration officials from questioning, detaining or arresting Native Americans. The “Respect Tribal IDs Act,” would require the federal Department of Homeland Security to develop training for federal immigration officers on how to identify tribal identification documents and interact with enrolled tribal members. Lujan said that under the Trump administration, there have been disturbing incidents where Tribal members were stopped, questioned, and harassed by ICE officers simply because of their appearance or because officers failed to recognize their Tribal IDs.
