US EditionSome Native Americans draw shocked response over contract to design immigration detention centers
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation faces criticism from Native communities after signing a nearly $30 million sole-source contract with ICE for immigrant detention center designs.
- KPB Services LLC, tribal business affiliate, quietly signed a $29.9 million U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contract for due diligence and concept designs for detention centers.
- KPB Services LLC was established in April by Ernest C. Woodward Jr., a retired U.S. naval officer who markets himself as a tribal adviser; it was registered in Holton, Kansas but is not listed on the tribe's website.
- Following publication of the contract, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, a 4,500-member tribe, fired the economic development leaders who brokered the deal, and Ray Rice said, `We are known across the nation now as traitors and treasonous to another race of people.`
- In a video message Friday, Tribal Chairman Joseph "Zeke" Rupnick said the tribe is consulting tribal legal counsel about ending the contract and noted, `We know our Indian reservations were the government's first attempts at detention centers.`
- ICE's dealings with tribes are drawing scrutiny as some Native Americans face detention and the U.S. Supreme Court cleared broader enforcement; meanwhile, tribes like Poarch Band of Creek Indians LLC and Akima face economic pressure amid federal funding cuts.
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FAFO: Indian Tribe Signs $30M Contract With ICE...Promptly Faces Massive Backlash
This is a weird FAFO, but in the end, the FO phase was swift, brutal and utterly well deserved. The Kansas Reflector reports that the Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribe entered into an absolute disgusting contract with ICE to design detention centers. The year-long contract was worth $29.9 million dollars and was between the business division of the tribe called KPB Services, which is affiliated with Prairie Band LLC and the services to be provided b…
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Some Native Americans draw shocked response over contract to design immigration detention centers
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation that was uprooted from the Great Lakes region in the 1830s is facing widespread outrage over plans to profit from another forced removal.
Native American Tribe Looks to Cancel ICE Deal After Backlash
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas is working to cancel a nearly $30 million federal contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following intense backlash from fellow Native Americans. KPB Services LLC, a newly established tribal entity, signed the deal in October to…
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