Idaho is seeking to join Texas with a proposed bill that would allow local police to check people's immigration and make it a state crime for undocumented immigrants to enter the state. Why it matters: GOP-led states are expected to see legislation allowing them to enforce federal immigration law amid a friendly incoming Trump administration despite concerns over constitutionality.
The bill would give police in Idaho authority to charge people with misdemeanors and felonies for living in the U.S. without authorization.
The states want the federal Food and Drug Administration to prohibit telehealth prescriptions for mifepristone and require that it be used only in the first seven weeks of pregnancy instead of the current limit of 10 weeks.
A bill to allow local police to enforce immigration laws was introduced in the House State Affairs Committee on Tuesday.
The Idaho bill is modeled after a Texas law, passed last year, that gives local law enforcement authority to enforce illegal entry into the U.S. The law, which a number of other states have sought ...
Jaron Crane, R-Nampa, presented the legislation, which is modeled after Texas’ SB 4 — a law that ... level offense for individuals entering Idaho from a foreign nation outside of the ...
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The states of Idaho, Kansas and Missouri made the request in U.S. District Court in Amarillo, Texas. The only judge based there is Matthew Kacsmaryk, a nominee of former President Donald Trump who ...
Eck had revived an Idaho program mired in mediocrity with no winning season since 2016 with three consecutive playoff appearances. But his departure was sudden and he took most of his coaching staff with him to the Lobos. More than two dozen Idaho players also flooded the transfer portal following his announcement.
Proposed Idaho bill would allow police enforcement, with first offense of ‘illegal entry’ being a misdemeanor and second being a felony leading to deportation