Pro-Trump Town Finds Out

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Pro-Trump Idaho Farming Town 'Nearly Destroyed' As ICE Raid Leaves Community Without Harvest Workers

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 03:31 PM | 25 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry |

"What happens if everyone who is Hispanic thinks they're at risk?" The small town of Wilder, Idaho, prided itself on comity between its white farmers and growing Hispanic population, but a federal immigration raid has undermined the town's sense of security. nyti.ms/4qu0Fcq

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-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) Feb 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM

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The tiny farming town of 1,725 people"where nine out of ten voters backed Donald Trump in 2024"is now scrambling to figure out what comes next after federal immigration agents swept through in mid-October and arrested more than 100 Hispanic workers at a local horse racetrack. So far, 75 people have been deported, and the farms that keep this place running are facing a labour shortage with no easy fix in sight.

Womp Womp!

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-09 11:27 PM | Reply

Idaho Governor Brad Little (R) seems like a real nice, kind-hearted person.

Governor Little's support for ICE: Clean Out My State!; Good job, ICE!

After this disaster, I bet Idahoans will still vote Republican on Tuesday 3 Nov 2026, 2 Nov 2027, and 7 Nov 2028.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-09 11:53 PM | Reply

Idaho has a heavily agrarian economy, dependent upon non-citizen labor, and they voted to send their own labor force to camps.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-10 12:00 AM | Reply

@#3 ... Idaho has a heavily agrarian economy, dependent upon non-citizen labor, and they voted to send their own labor force to camps. ...

Exactly.

I have frequently stated on this most august site that if you are in the Country illegally, you should leave.

But, and you had to know there was a "but," what would the effect of that be upon the economy of the Country?

The answer is obvious ...

Pres Trump's private militia, a.k.a. ICE, seems to be attacking Blue State cities, but not as much in the Red State farm lands and meat processing plants.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-10 12:45 AM | Reply

Guess they got what they voted for. And the fools will vote for it again and again even after they've lived the consequences.

#5 | Posted by qcp at 2026-02-10 08:47 AM | Reply

Welcome to the inland Empire of Trumplandia.

Enjoy the FAFO.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-10 09:45 AM | Reply

This will make it easier for Canada's Sikh and Muslim armies of the north to swoop down and annex portions of Idaho in the coming years. BRAVO!

#7 | Posted by pumpkinhead at 2026-02-10 10:36 AM | Reply | Funny: 2

Another promise made and kept. Anyone who voted for Trump knew this was coming, and most people who voted for him wanted this.

#8 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-02-10 01:57 PM | Reply

"The raid has 'nearly destroyed' the town"

"most people who voted for him wanted this."

Hey, we agree.
The GOP voted for the destruction of small town rural America dependent on agriculture.

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-10 02:05 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Anyone who voted for Trump knew this was coming

#8 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Fascism?

You may have a point.

No reason for real Americans to go along with you.

#10 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-10 02:07 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Another promise made and kept.

#8 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRD

Epstein Files?

#11 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-10 02:08 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Promises kept and people wept."

#12 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-10 02:18 PM | Reply

They got what they voted for....let their town die.

#13 | Posted by MartinBK at 2026-02-10 04:06 PM | Reply

-'Nobody thought something like this could happen here.' Wilder felt far enough off the beaten path that residents assumed the aggressive immigration crackdowns they'd been hearing about were a big-city problem.

Crazy as that sounds, you can understand where they are coming from. they believed Trump wouldn't send ICE into rural Idaho towns even though they knew they had illegals working there.

#14 | Posted by eberly at 2026-02-10 04:23 PM | Reply

"most people who voted for him wanted this."
--Trump Voters

"Nobody thought something like this could happen here."
--Also Trump Voters

"This is normal."
--Eberly

#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-10 04:26 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Crazy as that sounds, you can understand where they are coming from. they believed Trump wouldn't send ICE into rural Idaho towns even though they knew they had illegals working there.
#14 | Posted by eberly

When you put it that way then they make even less sense. Just sounds cruel. Punish those who have no impact on me but leave the people who actually impact my life alone.

#16 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-02-10 05:17 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

It's a parallel to the fact that these same people give a very harsh rating of congress, but then are like 90% likely to vote to re-elect their own congressman.

People believe illegal immigration is real problem in this country........except not right where they live.

#17 | Posted by eberly at 2026-02-10 05:31 PM | Reply

People believe in global warming, and they still drive a car.

Remember when you said that means people don't really believe in global warming, except it's Obama's oceanfront property?

#18 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-10 05:35 PM | Reply

People believe illegal immigration is real problem in this country........except not right where they live.

#17 | POSTED BY EBERLY A

Because it's NEVER been a problem where I live, I've always doubted it was really a problems with the country.

I see it as a club fascists hit people over the head with on the their way to eliminating my rights along with the migrants.

#19 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-10 05:46 PM | Reply

-I've always doubted it was really a problems with the country.

yet how many people were saying they wanted something done about illegal immigration.......of course I'm talking about before Trump has deployed ICE in the manner he started recently.

cis.org

#20 | Posted by eberly at 2026-02-10 05:53 PM | Reply

-eliminating my rights along with the migrants.

way to victimize yourself, Zed.

#21 | Posted by eberly at 2026-02-10 05:54 PM | Reply

way to victimize yourself, Zed.

#21 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Trump and fascism victimize us both.

#22 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-10 05:56 PM | Reply

"yet how many people were saying they wanted something done about illegal immigration."

Propaganda is effective.

People will say something should be done about almost any problem you can name. From Global Warming to the price of eggs.

Seldom are the people making the ad populem argument (a logical fallacy) mentioning the scope, or the costs, or the trade-offs.

This is closer to propaganda than it is statistics. I think that makes it marketing.

#23 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-10 05:59 PM | Reply

yet how many people were saying they wanted something done about illegal immigration.

#20 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Some of the same people are frightened of the Reptoids.

It apparently takes nothing at all to make millions of Americans piss themselves with fear.

Interesting, though, that pedophilia doesn't quite have that same alarming effect.

Trump/MAGA has been trying to normalize it.

When Trump has been proven to rape kids, that process will be complete for about sixty-million people.

#24 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-10 06:00 PM | Reply

how many people were saying they wanted something done about illegal immigration...

Propaganda works.

Ask BullBringer, he lives in Michigan but was posting daily about the crisis at the southern border. (Which I'm assuming magically disappeared when Trump won the election since I haven't read about the army going in to save the southern border from the invasion.)

I'm talking about before Trump has deployed ICE in the manner he started recently.

I was just reading conditions in Minnesota have gotten worse, but our billionaire owned media has simply stopped reporting on it.

#25 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-10 06:05 PM | Reply