Why Black Americans Should Be Paying Attention To ICE Raids And Global Criminal Networks In Oklahoma

Most Americans don’t know that two completely different crime stories are unfolding in Oklahoma at the same time. 

One is transnational, violent, financially sophisticated, and tied to global underground banking, labor exploitation, and organized criminal networks operating across multiple states and countries. The other is domestic, highly visible, politically theatrical, and playing out through federal immigration enforcement operations, sweeping up Indigenous folks who shouldn’t even...