By Crystal Greene, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews Inuvik resident Harley Minakis was on his way home from visiting his daughter in Costa Rica last week — transiting via “Houston” airport — when a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer stopped him. Despite having his Canadian passport, Indian status card, and Gwich’in tribal card, he found himself turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. They held him in a room for roughly two hours, he told IndigiNews, with about 20 other detainees on Jan. 22. “‘You’re staying here,’” he recalls the agent saying. “There were a whole bunch of other people that were detained in there. They were all speaking Spanish, but they look like they’re Native.” Minakis said an agent told him his three identification documents were…
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