Idaho is seeking to join Texas with a proposed bill that would allow local police to check people's immigration and make it a state crime for undocumented immigrants to enter the state. Why it matters: GOP-led states are expected to see legislation allowing them to enforce federal immigration law amid a friendly incoming Trump administration despite concerns over constitutionality.

Idaho lawmakers propose bill allowing local police to arrest undocumented immigrants, following Texas model. Second offense would be a felony.

Rep. Jaron Crane introduced a bill in an Idaho House committee that replicates a Texas state law creating a new crime called illegal entry.