The Idaho Sheriffs’ Association (ISA) has criticised a move by out-of-state political forces to resurrect a controversial immigration enforcement bill that died in a Senate committee. The bill, House Bill 659, would mandate that all local law enforcement enter 287(g) agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), had previously died. The ISA argues that this contradicts the core Idaho value of local control and that the bill should not have been reintroduced. The Senate State Affairs Committee has now printed three draft pieces of legislation addressing immigration and Customs enforcement, an Idaho Refugee and Illegal Alien Accountability Act, and Federal Immigration Detainers. Critics argue that ICE reimburs the costs for training and equipment, but these promises ignore the reality of a national police shortage.