South Dakota tribe bans Gov. Kristi Noem from reservation over US-Mexico border remark

A South Dakota tribe banned Gov. Kristi Noem (R) from its reservation after she delivered remarks at the U.S.-Mexico border last week, and the tribe’s leader suggested the governor is using the border to help former President Trump’s candidacy for the White House.

“Due to the safety of the Oyate, effective immediately, you are hereby banished from the homelands of the Oglala Sioux Tribe!” Frank Star Comes Out, Chairman of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, wrote in a statement addressed to Naomi. “Oyate” means town or nation, according to The Associated Press.

Noem delivered remarks before the South Dakota state Legislature last week, where she said she is considering sending more state resources to Texas amid an influx of migrants at the border. The Associated Press reported. He also blamed President Biden for the situation at the border, a claim Star Comes Out suggested he was politically motivated.

“I joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served honorably in foreign wars to protect the freedoms of all Americans, including Indians across the nation. No [want] “Seeing our Indian people and our reservations used as a base to create a fake border crisis just to help Trump get re-elected as president and Governor Noem as his running mate as vice president,” Star Comes Out said.

The tribal leader rejected Noem’s suggestion to send more South Dakota National Guard troops and more resources, such as razor wire, to Texas because of what he called an “invasion” at the border. Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) has bent about his declaration of border invasion in recent weeks, arguing that Texas has the right to defend itself.

“Therefore, calling the United States southern border in Texas an ‘invasion’ of illegal immigrants and criminal groups to justify sending SD National Guard troops is a red herring that the Oglala Sioux Tribe does not support,” wrote Star Comes Out.

He also said that many of the migrants who cross into the United States “do not deserve to be dehumanized and mistreated,” noting that many of them are seeking employment and a better life.

“They do not need to be locked in cages, separated from their children as during the Trump administration, or cut with barbed wire provided, precisely, by South Dakota,” he said.

Naomi responded. in a sentence a The star comes out.

“It is unfortunate that President Star Comes Out decided to include politics in a discussion about the effects of our federal government’s failure to enforce federal laws on the southern border and on tribal lands. “My focus remains on working together to solve those problems,” Noem said.

He also defended his comments, saying tribes are one of the communities most affected by the surge in immigrants.

“In my speech to the legislature earlier this week, I spoke the truth about the devastation that drugs and human trafficking have on our state and our people,” he said. “Mexican cartels are not only impacting our tribal reservations; “They are impacting all communities, from our big cities to our small towns.”

“But our tribal reservations are suffering the worst in South Dakota. Talking about this fact does not mean blaming the tribes in any way: they are the victims here. “They are victims of criminal activity driven by cartels and they are victims of federal government inaction,” he added.

The Associated Press contributed.