Navajo alarmed by reports of Indigenous people caught up in Trump immigration raids

Group takes steps to protect members after traumatizing' reports of people being stopped or detained by agents

The Navajo nation is taking steps to protect its community from federal immigration actions, amid reports that some Indigenous Americans have been swept up in US deportation raids being carried out early in Donald Trump's second presidency.

In a statement, the Navajo nation president, Buu Nygren, said his office in Window Rock, Arizona, had received reports that tribal members had had negative, and sometimes traumatizing, experiences with federal agents targeting undocumented immigrants in the south-west".