Via Chris Roberson I learn that the Lakota people have declared independence from the USA. Whether anyone in Washington will actually pay any attention to this is another matter, but the Lakota do seem to be taking this very seriously and have their legal arguments lined up. Sadly this isn’t going to help with my visa problems. The Lakota appear to be only extending citizenship rights to people who are already legal residents of the territory that they claim (parts of the states of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming), and I have yet to see any announcements about immigration policy. They do have plenty of land, but I suspect that the promise of no taxes will result in a huge queue of US citizens at the border.