800% Deportation Surge Exposes Hidden Costs. But Why So Late?

ICE deportations in Idaho rocketed nearly 800% in 2025, fueled by new 287(g) pacts in counties like Kootenai and Bonneville - yet this reactive scramble reveals years of neglect.

Joint ops with DHS nabbed criminals, but ~30.4% of our ~120,000 foreign-born (35,000-40,000 undocumented) still roam free, costing us in jails, ERs, and welfare exemptions. Lax federal policies let them embed, as seen in Mora Gerety's killer who evaded removal for a decade.

IACI and dairy lobbies fight back, but our 2025 session wins like HB 135 (cutting "free handouts") prove demagnetization works.