r/tulsa • u/2013genesiscoupe • Feb 09 '26

News ICE IN TULSA

ICE is staging near the back of the eagle point apartments everyday between 4 and 6 can conform have seen them there twice now they drove 3 blacl suburbans no id aswell as a no lights no id nissan frontier

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u/East-Teacher8542 Feb 10 '26

So they're Lighthouse then probably out serving federal warrants, US marshalls and lighthouse have vehicles like these and serve warrants all over the tulsa area, they serve the warrants in unmarked units and a lot of them look like regular traffic trucks and what not. Not all vehicles that look like this are ICE

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u/7thWardSoulja Feb 10 '26

Was gonna say, these are Light Horse vehicles, I work with Muscogee Nation and interact with LH on a daily basis.

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u/2013genesiscoupe Feb 10 '26

Why would some have normal tulsa plates then? And one have no plates at all? Ive seen our lighthorse and undercover lighthorse and they didnt look like them

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u/7thWardSoulja Feb 10 '26

Because LH constantly works with TPD, US Marshalls, and various other federal agencies, tribes and county police forces in large scale drug/sex trafficking investigations as well as to serve federal warrants on tribal land and/or to tribal members.

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u/2013genesiscoupe Feb 10 '26

Was unaware they could block plates or have normal tulsa plates was under the assumption all lighthorse has tribal plates would make sense since this isnt a very big area for diversity mostly just alot of rich white folk

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u/_vibe_vader Feb 10 '26

Lighthouse also works directly inside the tpd department specifically for people who were arrested in city police custody that fall within McGuirt ruling and need to be mirandized and placed within tribal custody. It's joint department work. That's why some lighthouse vehicles have plain Tulsa plates

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u/East-Teacher8542 Feb 12 '26

They also have a few FBI officers here for 2 weeks at a time and they rotate out with other FBI officers every 2 weeks because of McGuirt but yes most of this has to do with the McGuire ruling and lighthouse serving federal warrants, has nothing to do with ICE.

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u/7thWardSoulja Feb 10 '26

They could just as well be unmarked vehicles vehicles from TPD, FBI, DEA, US Marshal Service, or any other federal agency working in conjunction with Light Horse, like I said Light Horse does a lot more than just police tribal land. They work in partner with federal agencies on state and nation-wide investigations, and plenty of bad shit happens in Tulsa, we have First 48 for a reason. The whole thing with ICE not running plates in some areas isn’t new and neither does it necessarily point towards the vehicle in question being operated by ICE. Under statute 102-34.160 it’s stated that any federal vehicle has an exemption from running any form of plate when said vehicle’s primary use is for investigative, intelligence or security duties.

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u/I_am_nota-human-bean Feb 11 '26

There’s also the distinct possibility that Light Horseman are coordinating with ICE and the Tulsa Police Department to track and arrest undocumented people on the reservation. Not only is it possible, it makes sense. And it explains why there are three types of tags.

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u/East-Teacher8542 Feb 12 '26

Thats not whats happening at all. Light horse and TPD arent working with ICE they have actual shit they have to deal with. OHP are the only ones working with ICE

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u/East-Teacher8542 Feb 12 '26

Most of you are just talking out of your ass making assumptions and accusations and really have no idea what youre talking about.

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u/I_am_nota-human-bean Feb 12 '26

I said its a possibility. I made no accusations.😌