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Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Faces Backlash Over ICE Contract

12/13/2025

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The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation faces backlash after signing a nearly $30 million contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to design detention centers.
Chairman Joseph Rupnick and tribal leaders are distancing the tribe from the deal as critics say it conflicts with the tribe's history of forced removal.
The tribe has fired the economic development leaders involved in the contract.
The tribe is seeking legal counsel to terminate the agreement.

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The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation faces backlash after signing a nearly $30 million contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to design detention centers.
Chairman Joseph Rupnick and tribal leaders are distancing the tribe from the deal as critics say it conflicts with the tribe's history of forced removal.
The tribe has fired the economic development leaders involved in the contract.
The tribe is seeking legal counsel to terminate the agreement.