Posted on 06/20/2025 2:18:58 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
At the end of their sentences, inmates who do not have authorization to be in U.S. will be transported to ICE facilities for deportation, not returned to their community
The Idaho State Board of Examiners voted unanimously to approve the request without any discussion during a meeting Tuesday morning at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise.
Funding to not exceed $300,000 will come from the Governor’s Emergency Fund, which will be used to reimburse Idaho State Police personnel for providing transportation to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, detention centers.
Tuesday’s vote was significant because state officials said the first ICE transports could not begin until funding was approved. Now that funding has been approved, the transports to ICE detention facilities can begin.
Little announced the new partnership between Idaho State Police and ICE on June 5. Idaho is participating in the jail enforcement model under the 287(g) program, which allows ICE to delegate specific immigration functions to state or local law enforcement agencies such as Idaho State Police, the Idaho Capital Sun previously reported.
Before Idaho State Police entered into a partnership with ICE, the Owyhee County Sheriff’s Office became the first agency in Idaho to partner with ICE, InvestigateWest reported.
When the Idaho State Police partnership was announced earlier this month, state officials said they would only target and transport people who have been convicted of a crime in Idaho and are finishing their sentence or incarceration period. Instead of releasing those people back to the community when they complete their sentence, those individuals will be transported to an ICE detention center such as the Jefferson County Detention Center in Rigby, state officials said.
Little said Idaho would target people convicted of violent crimes and felonies, as well as people who have been convicted of driving under the influence, which is a misdemeanor.
“Idaho is stepping up to help the Trump administration transport dangerous illegal alien criminals to ICE facilities instead of being released back into our communities,” Little said in a written statement June 5. “These are people who have committed crimes such as domestic violence, robbery, driving under the influence, and other dangerous activities that threaten Idaho families. Idaho has taken many steps to increase our coordination with the Trump administration in the enforcement of our nation’s immigration laws, and I want to further strengthen our state’s partnership with President Trump to help address the national emergency posed by years of reckless border policies under the Biden-Harris administration.”
It was not immediately clear which specific people will be targeted and transported for deportation or how many people in Idaho will be processed for deportation. However, state officials said they will be able to transport “hundreds” of people under the ICE partnership.
There was no discussion or public comment about the new Idaho State Police/ICE partnership during Tuesday’s Idaho State Board of Examiners meeting.
However, during Saturday’s “No Kings Day” protest against President Donald Trump at the Idaho State Capitol, several public speakers and protestors spoke out against ICE raids and carried signs in opposition to ICE. ACLU of Idaho officials have also spoken out against the new partnership between Idaho State Police and ICE.
Of course, the ACLU wants to keep the violent, murdering criminals among us Idahoans.
Why isn’t the federal government supporting and funding states that want to get rid of invaders? We win financially in the end. Or, we can still fund transgender fag studies.
Outstanding!!!!
I love Idaho!
“I love Idaho!”
Ditto. Our Idaho family goes back to about 1920. Mom was born here in 1927!
Very.
I have been advocating this for years.
When, where and how inmates are released is up to the state and locals. Drop them all off at the ICE office and let them sort them out.
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