Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue and Caldwell Police Chief Rex Ingram said Wednesday that the recent federal operation in Wilder was not led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In a joint statement, Donahue and Ingram said they usually refrain from commenting on active federal investigations but felt compelled to “address the confusion caused by recent public statements” from ICE and DHS.
“To be clear, this was not an ICE-led enforcement action,” the statement said. “The statement released by DHS yesterday claiming responsibility for dismantling a criminal organization was completely false and a serious misrepresentation of the facts.”…