Elaine Miles was walking to a bus stop in Redmond to go to Target, she said, when four men wearing masks and vests with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement label stepped out of two black SUVs with no front plates and pressed her for her ID.

Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.

Federal government agencies recognize tribal ID as a valid form of identification, and Miles has used it to travel back and forth to Canada and Mexico without any issues.

Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
    98·
    20 hours ago

    The worst part of this is that she has enough clout to be heard. How many people is this happening to that we don’t hear about? America is being ran by nazis.

    • Xanthrax@lemmy.world
      162·
      19 hours ago

      Dog, I’m white with a small crack on my ID and cops STILL go crazy. The thing that pisses me off, is when they TRY to break your ID and act like they’re testing it.

      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
        525·
        19 hours ago

        You had 4 masked cops come out of an unmarked car and call you a liar?

        when four men wearing masks and vests with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement label stepped out of two black SUVs with no front plates and pressed her for her ID.

        Then try to seize your phone?

        When she pointed to an enrollment office phone number printed on the back of the card and asked them to call to verify, the agents refused. Miles then attempted to call herself, at which point the agents reportedly tried to seize her phone. Shortly after, a fifth agent called from one of the SUVs, and the group drove away.

        Then ICE rep calls you a liar again?

        “On November 3, ICE was conducting targeted immigration enforcement traffic stops and encountered Elaine Miles while investigating a vehicle registered to an illegal alien. She was never arrested. Any claim that ICE questioned her tribal ID are FALSE. ICE agents are trained to recognize tribal IDs and accept them as proof of status," Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Newsweek.

        https://www.newsweek.com/northern-exposure-actress-elaine-miles-detained-by-ice-told-id-is-fake-11124694