Idaho county probation officers compile ‘foreign-born list’ to hand over to ICE as critics raise alarms

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison are locked in a dispute over the extradition of I.C.E. agent Christian Castro, trading criticism over his prosecution and raising broader questions about state authority, federal immigration enforcement and accountability for immigration officers. A southwestern Idaho county's probation officers have been compiling a list of foreign-born people on probation for federal immigration authorities, even though county officers did not independently verify whether everyone identified was in the U.S. illegally. In Canyon County, Idaho, more than 140 emails between county probation officers and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from May to July 2026 show how the probation department has coordinated with ICE’s Boise office, including by combing through its case files to create a list