Though Nevada still has one of the lowest shares of any state in the country of people arrested by ICE with no criminal record, the number of people arrested with pending criminal charges has ballooned since Trump took office.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has said that from October 2025 to February 2026, the median wait time for DACA renewals was about 70 days, compared with about 15 days in fiscal year 2025.
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The past year has reshaped what it means to be a domestic worker in the United States. Few sectors of the workforce have a higher concentration of people living in the country without authorization, and almost all of them are women of color.
The federal government doesn't track how many children have entered foster care because of immigration enforcement actions, leaving it unclear how often it happens.
The ruling signals a massive success for immigration advocates in Nevada, who have been pushing back against increasing local government collaboration with ICE. It could affect hundreds of people, allowing upward of 60 people per week to seek release in Nevada.
About 10,500 people moved to Nevada from outside the U.S. in the yearlong period ending last July, less than half the number from the year before. Almost all of the downturn was in Clark County, the state's most populous region.
Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) will not be issuing a proclamation declaring Cesar Chavez Day on March 31, as required by state law, amid ongoing allegations that the late labor leader sexually abused young girls.
Three Nevada-based employees of Vivint, one of the largest home security companies in the country, have accused the company of labor trafficking through a lawsuit, saying that they were forced to relocate, denied fair wages and repeatedly threatened with deportation.
Between Jan. 1, 2025, and Feb. 16, 2026, 363 pregnant, postpartum and nursing immigrants were deported, DHS reported in response to questions submitted last fall.
At least one Nevada organization is changing a planned celebration of Cesar Chavez, the late civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers of America, in light of new allegations that he was involved in the abuse of young women.
The lawsuit marked one of the most substantial challenges against 287(g) collaborations in the state, which play an outsize role in the deportation system in Nevada. At least three other jurisdictions in the state have entered agreements since the start of the second Trump administration.
The purchase of the warehouse could significantly bolster detention capacity in the region — ICE's Salt Lake Field Office oversees agency operations in Nevada, Montana and Idaho. The office, led by former U.S. Customs and Border Protection official Brian Henkey, is charged with making the majority of ICE arrests and detentions in the region.
A legal green card holder with schizophrenia alleges in a new lawsuit that he mutilated himself after being repeatedly denied his medications while in immigration custody at the Nevada Southern Detention Center.
Gabriel Espinoza, a 22-year-old community college student from California, was deported after a trip to Las Vegas with friends. His deportation comes as local employers have expressed concerns that President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is slowing tourism, with visitation from Canada and Mexico notably down in 2025.
As sovereign nations, the authority for ICE to enforce immigration laws on tribal lands is contested, with specific policies varying from tribe to tribe, and in late 2025, ICE launched a new initiative within its 287(g) program to allow tribal law enforcement agencies to carry out immigration enforcement.
Warning patients could deter them from signing up for a program called Emergency Medicaid, through which the government reimburses hospitals for the cost of emergency treatment for immigrants who are ineligible for standard Medicaid coverage.
Judge Kristin Luis order the agency to provide all records unredacted for her review and sworn declarations about its record-searching process and use of the encrypted messaging app Signal.
Shortly after The Nevada Independent published an article in late January about her detention, Emine was released from ICE detention. Her conversation with The Indy provides a snapshot of what immigration detention is like for pregnant individuals.