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Red Lake Nation member struck and detained 10 hours by ICE agents in apparent racial profiling

Jan 9, 2026 · Robbinsdale, MN

Red Lake Nation member struck and detained 10 hours by ICE agents in apparent racial profiling

Jose Roberto Ramirez, a 20-year-old member of the Red Lake Nation, was forcibly removed from his aunt's car by ICE agents in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, and struck during the encounter. He was detained for approximately 10 hours. Tribal leaders and members of the Minnesota state legislature's Native American Caucus reported that federal agents were racially profiling Native Americans—U.S. citizens with dual tribal and federal citizenship—mistaking them for immigrants based on skin color. The incident was recorded on camera.

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