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 of foreign-born people on probation to hand over to ICE, according to communications obtained by InvestigateWest.In May, a probation officer emailed ICE about a man she would meet the next day for his regular check-in."His meeting has not changed and he is expected to be here tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m.," Norma Naranjo, a senior probation officer for Canyon County’s misdemeanor probation department, wrote in a May 13 email to six ICE agents.MISSISSIPPI LAW COULD CREATE STATEWIDE REGISTRY OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTSA southwestern Idaho county's probation officers have been compiling a list of foreign-born people on probation for ICE agents.
(Getty Images)The next day, the man arrived for his appointment a few minutes early, and Naranjo contacted the ICE agents again to ask if they would be coming soon."He is here are you guys on your way?" she wrote.It was unclear from the heavily redacted emails if ICE agents took the man into custody at his probation appointment, according to InvestigateWest.The list compiled for ICE appeared to have been made without confirming that the people in question are in the country illegally.According to InvestigateWest, one probation officer said in an email that the names he submitted included everyone in his files who had reported being born outside the United States.
Foreign birth alone does not indicate unlawful immigration status; foreign-born people can include naturalized U.S.citizens and ...