Yeah nuance comes here to die.

Yeah I’ve been asking around because I know quite a few people who are immigrants or work with immigrant communities, and it seems like these folks were unable to get to Chicago and NYC because transportation was a mess from the winter storm, but they wanted to go. It’s very different than kidnapping people like Abbott did.

If they were trying to get to other cities where they have family or friends, then chartering a bus to help them get there is a good thing. People are not going to need much assistance in the form of emergency shelters if they have community support at their destination.

Because being Native American in this context isn’t about race, it only applies to tribal citizens. I’m not an enrolled member of the white race, but for ICWA to apply you have to be a member of a political entity. It’s completely different.

This Land. Also to learn more about how Gibson Dunn went scorched earth for Chevron, season 5 of the podcast Drilled goes deep into it.

Also a few blog posts: https://abovethelaw.com/2022/11/supreme-court-indian-child-welfare-act-gibson-dunn/?amp=1

https://lawjournalforsocialjustice.com/2022/03/21/whos-really-behind-brackeen-v-haaland-the-conspiracy-that-a-law-firm-and-big-oil-are-duplicitously-undermining-tribal-sovereignty-through-native-children/

https://lakotalaw.org/news/2021-09-17/icwa-sovereignty

Unfortunately though, issues like this rarely get the mainstream coverage they deserve.

It’s really oil and gas. The big law firm that did pro bono work on this is Gibson & Dunn, which represents Chevron and Energy Transfer Partners (DAPL). They are trying to end all tribal sovereignty because tribal lands have billions in fossil fuel and mineral wealth. And they want to make sure there is no Indigenous resistance like Standing Rock. Others will benefit too, but it’s mostly a Trojan horse for O&G.

If you like podcasts, This Land is great to learn about ICWA.