Idaho's immigration enforcement bill passes Senate
BOISE — The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a bill to involve local law enforcement in immigration enforcement. The action marks nearly the last hurdle before the bill heads to the governor’s desk.
House Bill 83 had been amended to combine provisions in two separate bills that had been proposed this session — one of which would engage Idaho courts and police in deportations and enforcement and another that would promote more coordination with federal immigration authorities and add mandatory minimum prison sentences to some illegal immigrants.
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