Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Feb. 18 signed an executive order that supports President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, state agencies shall continue collaborating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s criminal apprehension and national fugitive operations programs, “which focus on undocumented non-citizens with criminal records who pose a threat to public safety,” according to the order, titled the Border Security and Enforcement Act.

Idaho “proudly and unequivocally supports the efforts of President Donald Trump both to increase border security and to ensure the immigration laws on the books are followed,” Little said in a news release. No other state has completed more missions to border states than Idaho, “and we have expressed our support for the administration’s decisive action in cracking down on illegal immigrants who pose the greatest danger to our citizens.”

Immigration laws are enforced by the federal government, but the state plays a critical role in helping federal agencies, according to the release.

The state “already is seeing a huge shift in the level of cooperation from the federal government since President Trump took office,” Little said. His executive order “reinforces the president’s executive actions that are making our country safer.”

The governor’s executive order is directed at people who are involved in criminal activity and who make communities unsafe, “and I don’t see anything he hasn’t said in the past or that is expanding the focus as of late,” said Idaho Dairymen’s Association CEO Rick Naerebout. “We would support efforts to remove individuals from our communities who are involved in criminal activity.”

All state departments and agencies must review their rules, policies and practices to ensure full compliance with federal immigration laws and directives as permitted by law, according to the order.

And the Idaho State Police shall “continue to cooperate with investigative efforts” of the U.S. departments of homeland security, justice and subsidiary agencies “should the result of any ongoing criminal investigation result in the apprehension of individuals where a reasonable suspicion exists that federal immigration laws have been violated.”

The order requires the state Department of Correction to continue to work with law enforcement agencies with related jurisdiction to properly confirm a person’s immigration status prior to his or her full-term release date. Correction officials also must work with the state Commission on Pardons and Parole “to identify individuals who may, when in the best interest of justice and appropriate, warrant consideration for paroling to the custody of federal authorities for the purpose of deportation,” according to the order.

The pardons and parole commission must continue to work with agencies to confirm a person’s immigration status before his or her parole release, and continue to parole incarcerated persons with ICE detainers to receiving detention centers, according to the order.

The Idaho Legislature is considering proposals that would allow officers to enforce prohibitions on illegal presence when a person is convicted of or investigated for a separate crime.