Idaho governor fires human rights advocate after immigration posts

A longtime Canyon County activist and former chair of the Idaho Human Rights Commission has been removed from her post effective immediately and will not be considered for reappointment to the seat.

Far-right activists on social media recently brought attention to Estella Zamora’s social media posts urging the withdrawal of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from Minneapolis.

Those posts include sharing information about protests against ICE, as well as one AI image from April 2025 of a man with a sign saying, “If gang affiliation is illegal, why isn’t every Proud Boy and Klan member sent to El Salvador?” referring to the Trump administration’s spate of deportations to brutal prisons in that country…

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