BOISE – Governor Brad Little announced today he is following up on a promise he made during his State of the State and Budget Address – to send two more teams of Idaho State Police troopers to the Texas-Mexico border to assist with securing our nation’s border.
Governor Little also issued a proclamation today naming January “Idaho Stands With Texas in Securing the Nation’s Border Month.” View the proclamation here: https://gov.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/idaho-stands-with-texas-proclamation.pdf
Texas Governor Greg Abbott this week declared Texas’ constitutional right to defend and protect itself in the face of the crisis at the southern border, and the nation’s Republican governors, including Governor Little, quickly came to his defense.
Idaho once again is leading the nation in deploying resources to help our neighboring states.
“We will work even harder to address the open border and its impacts because of the failure of the Biden-Harris administration to admit it’s even a problem. Human trafficking is modern-day slavery. The cartel and other bad actors are taking advantage of our open border to manipulate and abuse the most vulnerable, including children,” Governor Little said in his State of the State speech. “To help curb human trafficking, my IDAHO WORKS plan calls for sending two more teams of Idaho State Police troopers to train and act as a force multiplier at our lawless southern border, as we did with fentanyl twice before.”
This time, Governor Little said the troopers will learn the best tactics to respond to those who smuggle and abuse vulnerable people.
“They will come back to Idaho with better knowledge to stop these perpetrators in our state and, as they did before, our troopers will debrief and train their law enforcement colleagues around the state when they return,” Governor Little said.
The troopers will be deployed in their new mission in the coming weeks.