Ned Norris Jr.: “It breaks the promises made by the United States and in Indian land and water rights settlements.”

The Nation fully supports the purpose of Title IX, which is to strengthen tribal sovereignty and reaffirm tribal jurisdiction over non-Indian perpetrators.

The Nation is deeply appreciative of the attention that this subcommittee is paying to the serious issues that surround the frighteningly broad authority that the Secretary of Homeland Security has been given.

Preservation of history and culture of O'odham is not just important to the Tohono O'odham Nation. It is important to the preservation of the history and culture of the United States.

The greatest threat to liberty is an inert people, which is what fusion centers induce by placing a price on the exercise of fundamental democratic freedoms.