BOISE, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Idaho state governor, Brad Little, announced Thursday that the Idaho State Police (ISP) have agreed to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the 287(g) program to transport illegal alien criminals from Idaho, according to a press release from the governor’s office.

The program allows ICE to assign state and local law enforcement the authority to use certain immigration procedures. Procedures will be used with the direction of ICE, under a signed agreement.

“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. These are people who pose the greatest danger to 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,” Little explained.

The state will only target those who have been convicted of a crime and are finishing their sentence at local jails.

Frequently, when an illegal criminal is released from jail, ICE does not have the resources needed to transport them to a facility for deportation which leads to criminals being let back into local communities. ISP will be authorized to transport up to 100 criminals over the next 12 months to a detention facility in Jefferson County.

With more dangerous criminals, ICE is allowed to transport them to out-of-state facilities.

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