“I want to make clear that if ICE comes to North Dakota, we will be ready,” Mathern said in an interview with The Dickinson Press. “It’s important for state legislators to stand up for state rights and make sure that we don’t have federal overreach,” Braunberger said. “As an Indigenous legislator from North Dakota, I carry the memory of what unchecked authority has looked like on these lands, including the documented Dakota internment at Fort Snelling,” Davis said. Responses from southwest North Dakota legislatorsThe Dickinson Press reached out to legislators from other North Dakota districts, all of whom are members of the Republican party, to gather their perspectives on the Day of Solidarity and the participation of North Dakota lawmakers. He added that North Dakota generally supports cooperation with law enforcement agencies and does not consider itself a sanctuary state.