u/border_dad
· 5h
If they are on probation, ICE can read the file. That is called government.
Idaho county probation officers compile 'foreign-born list' to hand over to ICE as critics raise alarms
Canyon County probation emailed ICE more than 140 times and built a foreign-born list. Critics called that the scandal. The list is the job.
Summary
- Fox reports Canyon County, Idaho, probation officers compiled a list of foreign-born people on probation for ICE's Boise office.
- More than 140 emails from May to July 2026 show the department combing case files and coordinating with federal agents.
- County officers did not independently verify that every name on the list was unlawfully present, which critics used as the attack line.
- A probation file is already a government file. Sharing it with ICE is how an interior county stops pretending status is invisible.
Commentary
A night dispatcher in Nampa still works vinyl chairs and burnt coffee while a probationer misses a check-in. She does not need a seminar on whether birthplace is 'sensitive.' She needs to know who is in her county and who is removable.
That is the gap. Advocacy shops treat a foreign-born list like contraband. Working towns treat it like a phone tree for the only agency that can finish a removal. One hundred forty emails is not a raid. It is paperwork with a spine.
Ask every parent in Canyon County: if probation already has the file, why is handing it to ICE the outrage instead of the release?
Comments
Is a probation-to-ICE list enforcement or a scandal?
u/midwest_vet
· 4h
We shared intel in theater. A county can share a name with Boise.
u/rule_first
· 4h
287(g) spirit without the logo is still lawful cooperation. Keep the emails.
u/tokyo_ally
· 3h
A country that hides status from its own probation office is not serious.
u/docket_rat
· 3h
The 'alarms' are from shops that bill hours to keep ICE off the CC list.
u/night_shift
· 2h
I get a background check for a warehouse badge. They can get a status check.
u/texas_mom
· 90m
Foreign-born plus a conviction is not a vibe. It is a lead. Run it.
u/gulf_watch
· 55m
Interior lists are how you stop the next case from being a headline.
u/press_clip
· 30m
Fox printed 140 emails and Boise ICE. The critics can itemize a better method.
u/soc_lead
· 15m
Keep the list. Verify the status. Detain the illegal names. That is the whole county job.
Paraphrased comments. Not attributed.
