Advocating for smart workforce policies that keep Idaho’s industries strong

Our Priorities

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Secure Border

Prioritizing border security and public safety in Idaho
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Legal Pathways

Fixing the legal guest worker system with workable solutions.
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Economic Stability

Keeping Idaho’s essential industries moving

By The Numbers

Independent research highlighting Idaho’s workforce realities.

Text overlay on a black background showing that Idaho tax revenues lost an estimated $396.8 million in 2026 due to 50% reduction in unauthorized workforce, sourced from the 'Story of Idaho Labor Markets, Feb. 2026'.
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Bold red text states 86% with additional text below indicating that 86% of Idaho's unauthorized immigrants are in the workforce, citing McClure Center, Feb. 2024.
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About Us

Learn more about the Idaho Alliance for Legal Workforce, including its mission and participating industries.

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Research

Explore research on the economic impact of foreign-born workers in Idaho and across key U.S. industries.

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  • “I watch farmers and I deal with farmers and I won 90% of the farmers, more than that. They are great people and they have great people working for them who have been working for them for 25 years. They are almost like a member of the family. And I don’t want those people thrown out of the country.”

    —President Donald J. Trump

  • "President Trump closed the border, promised to get violent criminals out of our country. And I think everybody agrees with that. But now Americans are asking themselves, what is the endgame? What is the solution? And, you know, we believe in federalism and state rights, and nobody likes feds coming into their state. And so, what’s the goal right now? Is it to deport every single non-U.S. citizen? I don’t think that’s what Americans want. We have to stop politicizing this. We need real solutions on immigration reform."

    —Governor Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma (R)

  • "I would love for Americans to want to do those jobs. None of the Americans I know want to do some of these jobs. I think we’ve all agreed that we need to stop illegal immigration and fix legal immigration, and get that piece right, and this sounds like a huge step forward in fixing that second piece. I appreciate that the president is fixing the first piece — and we feel much better about where we are there — but that second piece of streamlining those visas, getting workers in here and doing that could be very key."

    —Governor Spencer Cox, Utah (R)