“You are hereby banished.”
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has been banned from tribal lands by the president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe due to her stance on the border crisis.
Noem's banishment from the Pine Ridge Reservative comes after she told the state legislature on Friday that more razor wire and security personnel should be deployed to high traffic areas along the Texas border.
Her comments come amid the Lone Star State's impasse with federal authorities over immigration enforcement.
The Daily Caller further reports:
Tensions between Texas officials and the federal government escalated in late January following a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court which allowed the Biden administration to remove razor wire from the border. Following the decision, GOP governors moved to support Abbott as he disregarded calls from the federal government to stand down from enforcing the border against illegal immigration.
Hearing Noem's support of Abbott in her joint session speech, however, the Oglala Sioux tribal president, Frank Star Comes Out, slammed the governor for her position and banned her from the tribal land, the AP reported.
“I believe that many of the people coming to the southern border of the United States in search of jobs and a better life are Indian people from such places as El Salvador, Guatemalan, and Mexico and don't deserve to be dehumanized and mistreated by people like Governor Abbott and his cohorts. They don't need to be put in cages, separated from their children like during the Trump Administration, or be cut up by razor wire furnished by, of all places, South Dakota,” the tribal president stated.
“Due to the safety of the Oyate, effective immediately, you are hereby Banished from the homelands of the Oglala Sioux Tribe!”
In response, Noem's office issued a press release on Sunday. The governor expressed disappointment over the tribal leader's decision and accused him of politicizing an important issue. She emphasized that her purpose was to tell the truth and not to blame tribes for an increase in cartel activities.
“It is unfortunate that President Star Comes Out chose to bring politics into a discussion regarding the effects of our federal government's failure to enforce federal laws at the southern border and on tribal lands. My focus continues to be on working together to solve those problems,” she added.
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