On April 28, President Donald Trump called for the federal government to withhold funds from "sanctuary jurisdiction" if they obstruct immigration enforcement activity. It could have a wide-reaching effect in Nevada, where nearly 30 percent of state funding comes from federal sources. 

The justices heard arguments Thursday in the Trump administration’s emergency appeals over lower court orders that have kept the citizenship restrictions on hold across the country.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Gloria Navarro ruled to temporarily block Viloria Aviles’ deportation, after a request from Viloria Aviles’ lawyers, who contend that use of the Alien Enemies Act is unlawful and undermines his right to seek asylum.

There haven’t been “any reports of any big raids” in Nevada, according to Martha Menendez, an immigration attorney with the Nevada Immigrant Coalition.

Although undocumented immigrants are not eligible for programs such as Social Security or Medicaid, the amount Nevada’s undocumented population contributes in taxes is huge — more than $500 million in 2022

Over the next two years, Nevada Medicaid expects there to be a 15 percent reduction in Medicaid caseloads from mixed-status families because of “increased federal scrutiny.” Lawfully present immigrants — including asylum seekers and green card holders — have been allowed to enroll in Medicaid since the ‘90s.

AB180, sponsored by Assm. Reuben D’Silva, seeks to streamline the licensing process, while SB295, sponsored by Sen. Fabian Doñate, addresses public health regulations that can create often prohibitive startup costs for some sellers.

Immigration advocates contend that there’s much more to the legislatively commissioned, nonbinding guidelines — meant to provide a blueprint for public agencies asked to do voluntary immigration enforcement for the federal government.

A memorandum of understanding signed by the sheriff’s office and ICE officials on Feb. 19 authorized certain Douglas County officers to arrest suspected undocumented people without a warrant. 

Trump has pushed to expand a controversial program, known as 287(g), that trains local law officers to interrogate immigrants in their custody and detain them for potential deportation.

The state helped college students work around the financial barriers of lacking legal status, but students are feeling the limits of schools’ ability to support them.

In Nevada, about a third of the population speaks a language other than English at home, most of those individuals being Spanish speakers, followed by those who speak “Asian and Pacific Island languages.”

Under the agreement, Douglas County officers can question and possibly arrest people they suspect to be noncitizens in their day-to-day activities if believed to have violated immigration law. 

Agencies in Nevada have been moving staffers and funds to compensate for a federal pause, and seeking answers on the future of refugee resettlement.

With President Donald Trump changing immigration policies and detention facilities for migrants already at capacity, the landscape around immigration enforcement is moving rapidly.

AB217 would make it a misdemeanor for a school district employee to share information about a student with officers investigating or enforcing immigration laws. 

The Family Unity Support Act, which would ensure Nevada children have care and access to legal, social and educational resources if their parents are deported, was announced Monday at a press conference where the nine-member caucus unveiled its priorities for the session.

The implications of Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda, which includes a mass deportation campaign and suspending asylum, could have an especially pronounced effect on Nevada.

In this week's D.C. Download, many of Trump's orders are intentionally vague, but they’ve certainly spooked many of the Democrats in Nevada’s congressional delegation.

Attorneys general from 18 states sue to keep decades-old immigration policy tied to the 14th Amendment in place.