State police have transported 53 immigrants to ICE. What we know

BOISE (Idaho Statesman)— The Idaho State Police has transported 53 immigrants into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since the first transport on Aug. 7, according to a news release from Gov. Brad Little’s office. State police are working with ICE in what’s called a 287(g) agreement, under an expansive Task Force Model, which has drawn racial profiling concerns.

The model gives Idaho troopers the power to interrogate people believed to be immigrants, arrest certain immigrants and transport immigrants to ICE, though Little’s office has maintained that he instructed state police to transport only the “most violent and dangerous illegal aliens” who have completed their sentences.

Idaho State Police Col. Bill Gardiner previously said Little asked him to transport only just-released prisoners and not other immigrants, such as those who had been arrested but not convicted.

Gardiner attributed that to the governor’s desire to protect the local agriculture and dairy industries, which rely on immigrant labor.

“Gov. Brad Little proudly announced that his initiative, ‘Operation No Return,’ has successfully removed dozens of highly dangerous illegal alien criminals from Idaho communities,” the Friday news release said.

Little’s office first announced in June that state police would be operating under the “Jail Enforcement Model,” which lets officers identify and process immigrants who are in police custody after they were arrested on separate criminal charges.

The office later corrected that information after a Statesman reporter contacted them about the discrepancy.

Little’s office wanted Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to come to Idaho for a media event, according to emails obtained via a records request, at the “first of many outward facing media events highlighting the people we are getting out of Idaho.”

The office has not yet publicized any event with Noem.

Who were the Idaho immigrants sent to ICE? The 53 immigrants transported by state police come from a variety of backgrounds, from Mexico, to Guatemala, to Pakistan, to Laos.

Their alleged crimes vary. Some immigrants have committed fraud and given false information to law enforcement, according to the governor’s release.

Some have a DUI on their record. According to the release, one Mexican immigrant is listed only with what appear to be immigration crimes: inadmissibility and illegal re-entry.

The Governor’s Office listed another Mexican immigrant as committing a misdemeanor of disturbing the peace and driving without privileges.

Though that person was also charged with attempted strangulation and domestic battery in the presence of a child, the two charges were dropped shortly after they were filed, according to online court records. The first two charges were dropped soon after they were filed.

He was convicted three times of driving without privileges. Others are listed as having committed sexual assault, strangulation, drug trafficking or burglary.

The Statesman filed a records request with the Governor’s Office for the names and crimes of all of the immigrants transported by ICE on Sept. 5.

On Sept. 23, the Governor’s Office said it did not have a record that listed everyone transported by state police.

On Friday, the Governor’s Office announced a new dashboard with the names and crimes of the immigrants transported by state troopers into ICE custody.

It will be updated when new immigrants are transported, spokesperson Emily Callihan told the Statesman by text. The transports are funded by up to $300,000 from the governor’s emergency fund.

Idaho is not taking federal reimbursements for the money, because state police are not conducting arrests, spokesperson Joan Varsek told the Statesman by email.

Summary of arrests

1. Antonio Velasco-Gonzales (LEWD CONDUCT WITH CHILD UNDER 16) Country: Mexico
2. Henry Diaz-Escobar (LEWD CONDUCT WITH CHILD UNDER 16, INDECENT EXPOSURE) Country: Guatemala
3. Sergio Gonzalez Gonzalez (DUI, HIT AND RUN) Country: Mexico
4. Iker Jhorkaeef Vasquez-Moreno (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BATTERY) Country: Mexico
5. Sai Bouaphan Chareunsouk (KIDNAPPING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE) Country: Laos
6. Martin Heredia-Vergara (STALKING, BURGLARY, POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE) Country: Mexico
7. Muhammad Zeeshan (SEXUAL ASSAULT) Country: Pakistan
8. Olegario Gonzalez-Retiguin (ASSAULT (x2), POSSESSION) Country: Mexico
9. Alvaro Perez-Soto (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TRAUMATIC INJURY) Country: Mexico
10. Jeferson A. Caisahuana-Torres (INJURY TO CHILD) Country: Peru
11. Victor Manuel Granillos-Sierra (STRANGULATION, DUI) Country: Mexico
12. Ricardo Villalobos-Pedraza (RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, DISTURBING THE PEACE, DWP, DUI(x3)) Country: Mexico
13. Sinue Esquivel-Lugo (DUI – EXCESSIVE, POSSESSION) Country: Mexico
14. Ewar Angel Morales-Molina (ASSAULT (x2), POSSESSION) Country: Cuba
15. Jaren Zuniga-Crus (TRANSPORT/SELL/POSSESS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE) Country: Honduras
16. Marcos Dominguez-Gomez (ASSAULT (x2), POSSESSION) Country: Mexico
17. Wilmer Arley Suarez-Plata (DRUG TRAFFICKING, SHOPLIFTING) Country: Colombia
18. Ricardo Villalobos-Pedraza (DUI) Country: Mexico
19. Adolfo Santan-Jimenez (POSSESSION, PROBATION VIOLATION) Country: Mexico
20. Juan Navarro-Torres (INJURY TO CHILD, INTIMIDATE WITNESS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) Country: Mexico
21. Luis Estrada Diaz (HUMAN TRAFFICKING, RESISTING AND OBSTRUCTING) Country: Mexico
22. Antonio Ramirez-Uribe (SELLING DANGEROUS WEAPONS, POSSESSION) Country: Mexico
23. Misael M. Mancilla Chacon (FRAUD, FALSE INFORMATION TO LE) Country: Colombia
24. Yovani Ramirez-Angulo (DUI) Country: Mexico
25. Eduar Josue Rodriguez-Osorto (POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, FALSE INFO, ALTERED ID) Country: Honduras
26. Jose M. Huamacto Huanaco (DUI) Country: Peru
27. Jose Lopez-Cruz (DUI, FALSE INFORMATION) Country: Mexico
28. Danny Araica-Delgadilla (DANGEROUS DRUGS) Country: Nicaragua
29. Carlos Rojas-Morales (DRUG TRAFFICKING, ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY) Country: Mexico
30. Edilberto Morales-Lascarez (POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE) Country: Mexico
31. Jose Aguilar Luna (POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE) Country: Mexico
32. Osmin Dubon-Herrera (DUI) Country: Guatemala
33. Carlos Gomez-Lopez (DUI (x3)) Country: Mexico
34. Humberto Ramirez-Esquivel (GRAND THEFT AUTO) Country: Mexico
35. Jorge Meza-Ramirez (DUI) Country: Mexico
36. Modesto Francisco-Munoz (DUI, DRUGS) Country: Mexico
37. Rogelio Gonzalez-Leal (INADMISSIBILITY, ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY) Country: Mexico
38. Carlos Eduardo Ruiz-Sanchez (DUI) Country: Honduras
39. Pablo Cuellar-Zavala (DISTURBING THE PEACE, DWP) Country: Mexico
40. Jose Fernando Hernandez Jerez (DTP, TRESPASSING, VIOLATE NO CONTACT) Country: Colombia
41. Jose G. Medina-Jaime (DUI) Country: Mexico
42. Jose DeJesus Sanchez Canchola (DWP (x2), PARAPHERNALIA, CARELESS DRIVING) Country: Mexico
43. Maximiliano Gabriel Murrillo (DRUG TRAFFICKING (COCAINE), DUI) Country: Mexico
44. Tomas Prieto-Servin (RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, ASSAULT, DUI(x6)) Country: Mexico
45. Agustra Berto Diaz Gomez (EXCESSIVE DUI) Country: Mexico
46. Cleymar Gerardo Diaz Perez (EXCESSIVE DUI) Country: Mexico
47. Diaz-Salaz (DUI (x4), DWP) Country: Mexico
48. Remberto Machuca Carvajal (AGGRAVATED ASSAULT) Country: Mexico
49. Guillermo Vargas Castillo (DUI (x2)) Country: Mexico
50. Rey David Estrada Arizmendi (DUI, PROHIBITED WEAPON, POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE) Country: Mexico
51. Jameel Almuthafar (AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, TRESPASSING, DISTURBING THE PEACE, UNLAWFUL ENTRY, RESISTING ARREST) Country: Iraq
52. Jhon Fredy Ramirez Delgado (BURGLARY) Country: Colombia
53. Alredo Toro Pena (BURGLARY) Country: Colombia