Joe Garcia: “if you cannot protect and you cannot have the safety of your people as the first course of action, then it is not right”

What makes America special is that people come here, they assimilate, they become fully American with all of the rights and responsibilities that citizenship bestows.

the plight of the indigenous peoples and the dire need for both Federal investment in our Tribal Nations is personal to me.

If the BIE doesn't even respond to the Navajo, how in the world do I expect them to... talk to the tribal leaders in the small communities?

We have an opportunity now to do something that will help strengthen America's economy. An opportunity to keep families together.