IDAHO — Idaho State Police will begin transporting immigrants who have completed criminal sentences directly to federal immigration facilities under a new agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Gov. Brad Little announced Thursday that the state has entered into an agreement with ICE under the federal 287(g) program, which allows state and local law enforcement to perform specific immigration functions under ICE supervision.

The agreement authorizes Idaho to spend up to $300,000 to conduct roughly 100 transports over the next year, focusing on individuals who have been convicted of crimes and finished their sentences.

"Idaho is stepping up to help the Trump administration transport dangerous illegal alien criminals to ICE facilities instead of being released back into o

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