This bipartisan bill is about preventing those failures, improving training and accountability, and making sure all people are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.
Require DHS to train immigration enforcement personnel to recognize tribal IDs and protect Native Americans from wrongful detention.
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Evidence
Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández, Sharice Davids, and Don Bacon introduced the bipartisan Respect Tribal IDs Act to improve how DHS personnel recognize and interact with Tribal identification documents during immigration enforcement. The bill would require DHS, with BIA and Tribal Nations, to develop standardized training for officers and employees involved in immigration enforcement.
Representatives Sharice Davids, Don Bacon, and Teresa Leger Fernández and Senator Ben Ray Luján introduced the bipartisan Respect Tribal IDs Act. The release says the legislation would require DHS to develop standardized training for officers and employees involved in immigration enforcement, including how to identify tribal documents and when tribal IDs qualify as proof of U.S. citizenship.
Assessments
Davids materially advanced the promise by helping introduce the bipartisan Respect Tribal IDs Act in May 2026, which directly would require DHS training for immigration enforcement personnel on recognizing tribal IDs and preventing wrongful detention of Native Americans. However, the evidence only shows bill introduction, not enactment or DHS implementation. Because the promised requirement has not been shown to become law or policy, this is a serious legislative attempt but not delivered.