Idaho passes law reforming youth treatment home oversight
The changes come in response to 2023 InvestigateWest series highlighting gaps that put child safety at risk
Immigration
Southeast Idaho sheriff signs up to help enforce immigration law
While Idaho sheriffs opposed attempts to make ICE cooperation mandatory, nine of the state’s 44 counties have joined the 287(g) program
‘I was trying to follow the rules:’ WA asylum seekers detained over questionable violations
Recent court rulings show how ICE is citing missed immigration check-ins — often without evidence — to detain asylum seekers
Most WA federal rulings found immigrant detentions flouted due process
In 2025, Washington federal courts granted petitions challenging detention more than half the time
Idaho immigrants detained in raid moved far from home — and from their attorneys
Many undocumented immigrants arrested at an Idaho racetrack are being detained in Nevada and other states, making it harder for attorneys and family to find them
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Ukrainian immigrants becoming collateral damage in Trump administration’s immigration war
Stuck in a “no-man’s land” of uncertainty, many who’ve fled the Ukrainian war have lost the right to work in America
Local officials aren’t concerned about accusations of racism against an Idaho sheriff, despite calls for accountability
An extremism watchdog group said the sheriff’s rhetoric about immigrants is “disturbing” and could fuel violence
After Homeland Security ‘welfare check,’ Idaho school district says immigration requests will draw new scrutiny
Vallivue School District says school resource officers must now run any requests from immigration authorities past administrators
Homeland Security’s ‘welfare’ check on Idaho migrant students raises school privacy questions
In other parts of the country, the welfare checks have resulted in children being taken out of their homes and put back into government custody
Accused of racism and retaliation, this Idaho sheriff is now working with ICE
Former employees say Sheriff Larry Kendrick made racist jokes at work and was demeaning to women
Deportation flights at WA airport up dramatically this year, advocates say
Activists also say King County officials aren’t being transparent enough about the flights in and out of Boeing Field.