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DHS says the man charged in the Star kidnapping case illegally re-entered the United States. ICE has lodged a detainer.
This is not an isolated enforcement problem and outrage after the latest arrest isn't a strategy.
Where does your city or county stand on immigration enforcement? 🧵
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𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟲. 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗛𝗢 𝗜𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
One of the men pictured in our recent Idaho ICE-arrest graphic contacted us disputing his criminal history.
So we asked ICE to verify it.
What ICE sent back revealed a much bigger story:
• ICE first encountered him in a New York jail in 2013
• He was released in 2014 by the Obama Administration
• An immigration judge ordered him removed in October 2016 after he failed to appear
• He remained in the United States until June 2026
Nearly 10 years after being ordered removed.
He eventually surfaced again after an arrest in Idaho.
How does someone under a final removal order remain here for almost a decade?
And if he was working during those years: who was employing him, and was his work authorization ever verified?
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Idaho’s 287(g) footprint is growing.
Ada County, Clearwater County & the Idaho Department of Correction have joined the program bringing Idaho to 14 participating agencies with 16 agreements. All 3 new agreements use the WSO model, the most limited form of 287(g), focused on people already in custody.
A good step. But there’s still room to go further.
👇 See where your city and county stand.
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Interactive 287g map here 👉 map.idahoimmigrationwatch.or…
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Idaho’s first municipal 287(g) partnership with ICE is now fully operational.
15 immigration arrests in Post Falls including 13 during the initial ICE/PFPD operation. Post Falls is leading on what local cooperation with ICE can look like.
See which Idaho agencies have joined 287(g)... and which have not in reply below. 👇
Post Falls is fully operational with our 287(g) partnership with ICE! Some say there aren't many illegal aliens in North Idaho, but we arrested 13 during the first few days in a joint operation with ICE by checking some job sites. We're up to 15 now. How many are really here?
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Idaho's 287(g) map 👉 map.idahoimmigrationwatch.or…
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🚨 15 immigration arrests in Post Falls.
Post Falls became the first city police department in Idaho to join ICE’s 287(g) program. Now we’re beginning to see what increased cooperation with federal immigration enforcement looks like on the ground in North Idaho.
This isn’t just a South Idaho problem.
👇 KREM’s report
krem.com/article/news/local/…
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Find out where your city or county stands on immigration enforcement here: map.idahoimmigrationwatch.or…
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Citizens of 34 countries were arrested by ICE in Idaho in 2026 so far.
Through Aug. 5:
🇲🇽 Mexico - 707
🇵🇪 Peru - 119
🇨🇴 Colombia - 100
🇬🇹 Guatemala - 96
🇭🇳 Honduras - 54
🇻🇪 Venezuela - 33
1,177 arrests. 34 countries.
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SOURCE: Secure Idaho analysis of the latest ICE arrest records released by the Deportation Data Project.
Idaho apprehensions through Aug. 5, 2026; likely duplicate arrest episodes removed.
The ICE field is country of citizenship. Mugshots shown are real examples publicly highlighted by DHS/ICE in Idaho.
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The rest of the 2026 list:
Nicaragua 15 • Ecuador 7 • El Salvador 5 • Ukraine 5 • India 4 • Bolivia 3 • Russia 3 • China 2 • DR Congo 2 • Kazakhstan 2 • Romania 2 • Serbia 2
Also represented: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Iraq, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Portugal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Taiwan and Uzbekistan - one arrest each.
34 countries in just over seven months.
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Across 2025 + 2026 through Aug. 5, ICE recorded 2,214 Idaho arrests involving citizens of 46 countries.
🇲🇽 Mexico - 1,421
🇵🇪 Peru - 223
🇬🇹 Guatemala - 159
🇨🇴 Colombia - 137
🇭🇳 Honduras - 91
🇻🇪 Venezuela - 53
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WHERE IS ICE MAKING ARRESTS IN IDAHO?
We dug deeper into the same ICE records behind the 1,177 arrest story.
Top apprehension cities in 2026:
Boise - 222
Caldwell - 141
Idaho Falls - 90
Burley - 79
Nampa - 67
Twin Falls - 67
Jerome - 67
Coeur d’Alene - 45
Rexburg - 33
Hailey - 30
That's 71.5% of Idaho’s statewide total.
And yes, that's Coeur d’Alene at #8. This isn’t confined to south Idaho.
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SOURCE: Secure Idaho analysis of the latest ICE arrest records released by the Deportation Data Project.
We filtered to Idaho, 2026 through Aug. 5, and removed records flagged as likely duplicate arrest episodes.
The figures use ICE’s “apprehension city” field and include both custodial and at large arrests.
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Two results that really caught our attention:
Coeur d’Alene is #8 statewide with 45 ICE arrest records in 2026.
And Post Falls adds another 16.
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And the list keeps going:
Kuna - 28
Meridian -27
Murphy - 21
Pocatello - 20
Gooding - 19
Rigby - 17
Marsing - 16
Post Falls - 16
Blackfoot - 13
Garden City - 12
From the Treasure Valley to eastern Idaho to North Idaho, ICE arrests are showing up across the state.
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This Post Falls story is typical of Idaho’s illegal labor problem. An employer says two longtime workers were deported after an ICE operation.
ICE arrests address the symptom. E-Verify addresses the cause. ktvb.com/article/news/politi…
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🚨 NEW: ICE arrests in Idaho at all time high.
Our analysis of newly released ICE arrest records found:
2024: 262
2025: 1,037
2026 (thru Aug. 5): 1,177
ICE has already made more arrests in Idaho this year than in all of 2025. This is not a border state story. This is happening in Idaho.
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Idaho Farm Bureau CEO Zak Miller says state legislators working on immigration are “not bringing solutions” and they’re just “making noise” and "looking for publicity".
That’s a serious accusation.
So let’s get specific: Which Idaho immigration bills does @IDFarmBureau believe were merely “noise” rather than solutions?
Idahoans deserve to know.
Immigration is a federal issue. So what happens when state lawmakers make it a political centerpiece?
🎙️ Ever Onward with Zak Miller.
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