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Shaw is also a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit brought by Children’s Health Defense and others against the American Academy of Pediatrics. The lawsuit, which was filed in January in federal court in Washington, accuses the American Academy of Pediatrics of racketeering for its “central role in an enterprise that has defrauded American families about the safety of the childhood vaccine schedule for several decades.” In the lawsuit, Shaw is described as a mother “whose children died following routine vaccinations administered according to AAP guidelines.”
Every week, Turning Point USA walks through these doors carrying calendars and day planners, smiling faces distributing their brand directly into the hands of people who have nothing but time. DayStar sends Dove soap, a small intimacy, the kind that makes you remember who gave it to you. The PandoApp, a free Christian Nationalist content platform, is available on our tablets. American Family Radio plays openly in units throughout this facility, while NPR, that reliable public resource, is being systematically defunded in the rural areas where prisons are deliberately built. We cannot purchase individual televisions, but at certain security levels, one hour of Fox News is not optional. It is mandatory. This is not charity. This is architecture. Someone has decided that incarcerated people are worth investing in, not for our humanity, but for our minds. The Right understands something the Democrats have failed to grasp: proximity is persuasion. Repetition is belief. If you are the only voice in the room, eventually you become the truth.
Federal agents previously used the guidance to stalk immigrants for more than a year outside of immigration courts, lingering in the halls, grabbing people as they exit their hearings, and disappearing them into federal detention, even when judges say they have credible asylum claims. Once in the system, ICE then moves prisoners around the country to stop them from meeting with lawyers.
Reps. Kyle Harris, R-Lewiston, and Clint Hostetler, R-Twin Falls, supported the bill and both cited the costs to the state and counties for housing inmates who are undocumented. Harris said that ICE reimburses at a higher rate for detaining people who will be deported than the state pays counties for housing state inmates in county jails.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS32821C3 / H0659 This legislation adds a new section to Chapter 6, Title 19, Idaho Code, to require local and county law enforcement agencies to apply for a memorandum of agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement pursuant to section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The bill defines relevant terms, outlines participation in federal enforcement programs, and requires public disclosure when an agency is unable to enter into such an agreement. An emergency clause provides for an effective date of July 1, 2026. FISCAL NOTE This legislation causes no increase or decrease in revenue, or additional expenditure of funds at the state or local level of government; therefore, this legislation has no fiscal impact. Contact: Representative Dale R. Hawkins Representative Kyle Harris (208) 332-1000 DISCLAIMER: This statement of purpose and fiscal note are a mere attachment to this bill and prepared by a proponent of the bill. It is neither intended as an expression of legislative intent nor intended for any use outside of the legislative process, including judicial review (Joint Rule 18). Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Note Bill SOP/FN INTRODUCED: 02/12/2026, 4:50 PM
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS32889C1 / H0656 The landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Plyler v Doe (1982) ruled that public schools cannot deny any student enrollment based on immigration status. In order to more accurately assess the cost of educating children of people having foreign status, the purpose of this bill is to require public schools to collect and report the immigration status and language group of each enrolled student. This statute directs school districts to aggregate the immigration status already collected in student records per Idaho Code 33-133(1 )(j) and 33-133(3)( c) (vi), using categories specified in 8 U.S.C. 1101 and 8 U.S.C. 1641 of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act. No personally identifiable information shall be reported for purposes of this act. This statute only requires aggregate data. These data are needed to better inform the state department of education and the Idaho legislature regarding the costs to educate these students. FISCAL NOTE This legislation causes no increase or decrease in revenue, or additional expenditure of funds at the state or local level of government; therefore, this legislation has no fiscal impact. Contact: Representative Steve C. Tanner (208) 332-1000 DISCLAIMER: This statement of purpose and fiscal note are a mere attachment to this bill and prepared by a proponent of the bill. It is neither intended as an expression of legislative intent nor intended for any use outside of the legislative process, including judicial review (Joint Rule 18). Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Note Bill SOP/FN INTRODUCED: 02/12/2026, 10:57 AM
“Nowhere is this more obvious than in safety,” Little said. “Ask any law enforcement officer on the ground and they’ll tell you — under the last administration, immigration enforcement wasn’t just slowed down. It was put on ice.”
Within hours of being sworn in, President Trump signed an executive order for a “pause” to all foreign assistance. Secretary Rubio sent a cable suspending every program outright. No program staff could be paid. No services could be delivered. Medicines and food already on the shelves could not be used. No warning had been given to the governments that relied on them. It was immediately obvious that hundreds of thousands of people would die in the first year alone. But the Administration did not reconsider; it escalated. Elon Musk exulted in swinging his chainsaw. Within weeks and in defiance of legal mandates, he and Rubio purged U.S.A.I.D.’s staff, terminated more than four-fifths of its contracts, impounded its funds, and dismantled the agency. Neither Congress nor the Supreme Court did anything to stop it.
Hearing my son's voice on the other end of the phone yesterday was absolutely heartbreaking. Seeing pictures of hm with his hands behind his back, ziptied was gut wrenching. He hold me that a gun had been pointed at his head before he was detained. --Parent of a detained child
“Under normal times, in normal circumstances, I tend to think that the First Amendment should always be sort of the ultimate right. And that there should be almost no checks and balances on it. I don’t feel that way anymore,” Lummis added. “I feel like something’s changed culturally. And I think that there needs to be some cognizance that things have changed,” she added. “We just can’t let people call each other those kinds of insane things and then be surprised when politicians get shot and the death threats they are receiving and then trying to get extra money for security.”
watercolor of a person walking alone
results from 2IdahoNews website, "Do you agree with increased ICE activity in Idaho?" 62% No, 38% Yes, 424 votes
It was the second time in a week I had watched someone die. This is the experience of an incarcerated hospice worker, an occupation I volunteer for. I want to be there for those who would otherwise have no one in their final moments — the way I wasn’t there for my best friend when he ended his life two years ago.
drawing of an IDOC outdoor courtyard
Danielle Higley said that in trying to process the experience and reach a sense of “peace” about the events, she reached out to the Ada County Sheriff’s Office, detailing her concerns that officers had fired in the direction of a crowded public place. She said she never heard back. “I know that our law enforcement … works really hard to ensure that the people in Idaho are safe, but we were not safe that day,” she told the Statesman. She said she wanted to understand what motivated deputies’ actions and whether there would be any additional training implemented to prevent a similar scenario from happening again. Read more at: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/crime/article305586611.html#storylink=cpy
Sanchez, 44, had been under deportation orders since 2019 but was allowed to temporarily live and work in the United States as long as she regularly checked in with ICE. During that time, she married a Cuban-born naturalized U.S. citizen and had her first child in November 2023. Her husband sought legal residence in the U.S. for Sanchez two years ago as a result of their marriage, but had yet to receive a response, she said. Sanchez said officials separated her from her child at the check-in, escorted her to a van, handcuffed her and later that day deported her by air to Cuba alongside 81 others.
sign that reads "238, Bring Them Home"
Mural of joyful people and the message "to immigrants with love we stand with you"
mural that reads "to immigrants with love, we stand with you!" with a painting of families hugging each other in joy
Tesla piñata
empty seat, a town hall for russ fulcher that he will not attend, hosted by kaylee for conggress. Apr 12, 3:30 - 5:30 at the 1912 Center in Moscow, Idaho
3 promotional materials that read (1) "We support immigrants | communities not cages", (2) "We support Idaho's immigrant communities", and (3) "No Human is Illegal"
Two stacks of postcards. One stack reads "No Human is Illegal" with imagery of a migrant camp and prison fencing. The second postcard says "End Migrant Detention" with a silhouette of razor wire.
poster that states "we support migrants, communities not cages"
Poster of migrant detention camp and border fencing with the message "no human is illegal"
lots of people with a message overlay: "defend migrant in Idaho petition"