Many times when our tribal law enforcement respond to situations that are occurring along the border, there is essentially no method of communication between the tribal and the federal law enforcement entities that are responding to a situation there on the border.
Ned Norris highlights communication issues between tribal and federal law enforcement at the border.
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It breaks the promises made by the United States and in Indian land and water rights settlements.
Border communities are not over-run horrifying, dangerous war zones. They are safe. They are quiet.
The idea that we need to suspend the rule of law, and that only our safe communities get the rule of law suspended is, frankly, offensive to many people that I know.
We have not been given that opportunity to sit as a Tribal government with the U.S. Government to have this conversation.