Article 71T0A Native American actor says she was detained by ICE officers who said tribal ID ‘looked fake’

Native American actor says she was detained by ICE officers who said tribal ID ‘looked fake’

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Edward Helmore
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Elaine Miles of Northern Exposure was stopped by four masked men in Seattle while walking to bus stop

A Native American actor known for her role in Northern Exposure has said she was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Seattle, Washington, who told her that her tribal identification looked fake".

Elaine Miles, an Indigenous actor, alleges that she was stopped by four masked men while she was walking to a bus stop in Redmond. She offered them her ID card from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon but was told by an ICE agent that anyone can make that."

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