It’s unclear if the Office for New Americans is the reason for the label. Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office has previously pushed back against the sanctuary designation and said they have repeatedly reached out to the Department of Justice.

Such a deployment of troops — whose responsibilities typically include responding to natural disasters or helping with overseas missions — marks a drastic escalation of their prior use as it relates to immigration enforcement. Using the national guard often hinges on the explicit consent of a state’s governor, and the extent of their work in assisting ICE is decided by each state’s governor.

A statement provided by the office of Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), who is a member of the Senate Travel and Tourism Caucus, said “travel bonds will cause significant harm to the already-hurting travel and tourism economy in Nevada and across the country."

The designation could have massive implications in Nevada, which has one of the highest shares of undocumented people in the nation. A recent executive order directed the Justice Department to “identify appropriate Federal funds to sanctuary jurisdictions, including grants and contracts, for suspension or termination.”

Broadacres Marketplace prepared for its reopening this weekend with the support of legal experts, the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada and other groups to make the swap meet a place that is “safer, stronger, and more informed.”

Through the end of June, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested about 48 people in Nevada weekly, more than four times the weekly average in the final 16 months of President Joe Biden’s administration.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to track down immigrants who may not be living legally in the United States.

Although the bill did not outline where the money would go in Nevada, lawyers and immigrant advocacy groups say they are preparing for an increase in ICE arrests and presence.

The termination, which has not been previously reported in the media, follows years of concerns from progressive groups, that the Nye County Detention Center was mistreating prisoners.

Lawmakers observed that detainees had access to medical services and working phones, and that the majority of individuals were housed in shared dormitories rather than individual cells.

There are more than 5,000 TPS holders in Nevada, according to the National Immigration Forum, although the group did not estimate how many of those are from Nicaragua and Honduras.

Fears of mass deportation under the Trump administration are now having economic consequences for Nevada’s undocumented population such as the temporary closure of a popular outdoor swap meeting.

Truckers who learned English as a second language (ESL) are concerned they may lose their jobs if they make a mistake or speak with a heavy accent while under questioning due to Updated rules from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley said she supports Las Vegas Metropolitan Police’s decision to enter into a partnership with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), known as 287(g), although she said she didn’t push him one way or the other beforehand on joining the program.

We are tracking more than 60 promises the Nevada governor has made from his time on the campaign trail in 2022 to the end of the 2025 legislative session.

Although the order would only affect future births, it could have a profound impact on Nevada. The state has the highest per-capita number of mixed status families in the nation, and more than 12 percent of U.S. born residents in Nevada have at least one immigrant parent.

The agreement, known as 287(g), allows Metro officers to hold undocumented people in custody for an additional two days so ICE can pick them up. It also requires participating Metro personnel to report all encounters with individuals who assert claims of U.S. citizenship to ICE.

The demonstrations, part of the 50 protests, 50 states movement known as 50501, have been planned by various progressive organizations for weeks, with the left-leaning group Indivisible helping organize the Reno and Carson City gatherings. The protest in Las Vegas was also organized by Indivisible. 

With Spanish the most popular and Tagalog in second, about a third of the Nevada population speaks a language other than English at home.

The application to join 287(g) marks a shift for McMahill, who has previously said that Metro would only enter into such an agreement if the federal government passed a law requiring them to do so.