Even though the Tohono O'odham Nation has 75 miles of U.S.-Mexico border, which an estimated 800 illegal immigrants cross every day, the tribe says Arizona’s new immigration law (SB-1070) will do nothing to help its situation.
Because the tribe is a sovereign nation, the law does not extend into its territory. There will be an impact, however, a negative one that will be felt by its members.
As Chairman Ned Norris Jr. recently told KVOA in Tucson, "Its going to specifically put members of the O'odham Nation at risk because of their inability to document their citizenship because they were born in some remote village some 60-70 years ago, or under a tree and don't have [a] record of their birth."
The sovereign nation of O'odham Nation should step up and document the citizenship of it's members and have it accepted by the U.S. government. It's kind of hard to believe that someone born in the 40's or 50's hasn't had the time or wherewithall to get it done by now!!!
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