As thousands of federal officers descend on Minnesota as part of what Trump administration officials call the largest immigration operation ever carried out, leaders of Minneapolis’ American Indian community say their people are being stopped and harassed, profiled for the color of their skin.

“There’s a lot of fear that has come out of these situations where, because our people are brown-skinned, they’re being questioned, and undoubtedly it’s racism,” said Red Lake Nation Secretary Sam Strong. “The first people of Minnesota are being detained for being immigrants. I mean, just on its face, it’s just so wrong.”

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