Tribal nations in Utah and throughout the U.S. are telling their citizens to hold tight to their IDs amid reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been targeting Indigenous Americans.

A U.S. veteran and Navajo residents have been asked for identification. Critics are complaining of racial profiling as raids and deportations increase.

Posts on social media claimed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents had targeted members of Native American nations for detention and deportation. Indeed, as ICE ramped up arrests for deportation,

Questions about whether Native Americans born in the United States have birthright citizenship if they aren’t “subject to the jurisdiction” of the U.S. — such as if they live on sovereign tribal land — were raised in a U.

Some Native American tribes say tribal members are being harassed by federal immigration agents, while others fear they could be wrongly caught up in immigration raids Why it matters: The angst among some Indigenous tribes reflects the confusion and fear even among legal citizens during the Trump administration's immigration raids.

"Stopping people because of what they look like — with dark skin, Asian, Latino or Native American characteristics is never acceptable," the group says in a letter.