North Idaho legislator wants all employers to use E-Verify. What would that mean for Idaho?
Eddie Melendrez, a Chicano artist, speaks in a megaphone while showcasing his mural representing the United Farmworkers of America, a labor union that advocates for farmworker rights. Melendrez, and nearly 100 others, protested President Donald Trump’s immigration policies in front of the Idaho State Capitol in Boise on February 7, 2025. (Mia Maldonado / Idaho Capital Sun)
Elected Idaho officials have introduced multiple bills pushing to regulate immigration in Idaho, making it clear that addressing unauthorized immigration is a priority. At least one legislator is pushing to require all employers to use E-Verify, a program meant to check an individual’s work authorization status.
In 2021, there were about 35,000 unauthorized immigrants living in Idaho, according to a report from the University of Idaho’s McClure Center for Public Policy, and Rep. Jordan Redman, R-Coeur d’Alene, said he introduced House Bill 252 with the goal to give people who are in the country with proper work status more opportunities.
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