When Joe Biden was President, Idaho Republicans often warned me of an effort to nationalize policing. It was said in the wake of the George Floyd riots that Democrats would seize an opportunity to take law enforcement control away from local governments. Biden is gone, Donald Trump is now President, and there’s a new effort to federalize police. I guess it’s a bad idea when it’s the left’s guy, and a good idea when it’s the right’s guy.
This is Naked Political Ambition
Check out this link from the Idaho Capital Sun. Republican legislators in Boise are working to dictate policy to sheriffs and local police departments, demanding they sign agreements with federal immigration officers. What gets lost here is that local law enforcement already voluntarily works with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol.
I know every member of the Magic Valley’s legislative delegation. They don’t know best when it comes…..