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May 1, 2024

Immigration

  • A Census 2020 form is seen Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, in Toksook Bay, Alaska.
    Las Vegas advocates urge undocumented immigrants to participate in census
    The U.S. Census Bureau is encouraging undocumented immigrants to participate in this spring’s decennial count without fear of their legal status being disclosed to immigration enforcement.
  • GOP governors grapple with whether to accept refugees
    President Donald Trump's executive order requires governors to publicly say they will accept refugees. They cannot automatically come to their states, even if cities and counties welcome them. So far, no one has opted to …
  • Astrid Silva, Executive Director of Dream Big Nevada, an immigration activist organization, speaks during a meeting with presidential candidate and former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, left, at Gorditas El Lagunero in North Las Vegas Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019.
    Las Vegan can’t vote, but 2020 Democrats want her support anyway
    One of the most sought-after presidential endorsements in a key early voting state is from a woman who cannot vote. As Democrats jockey for support in Nevada ...
  • The Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 7, 2019. There are several significant immigration matters on the court's docket.
    Is it a crime to encourage illegal immigration? The Supreme Court will decide
    The law applies to a grandmother urging a grandchild to overstay a visa or a lawyer advising a client to stay in the country while fighting deportation. It also may cover ...
  • People gather items during a free food distribution for migrant workers evacuated because of the Kincade Fire Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, in Healdsburg, Calif.
    In California blaze, Spanish-speaking immigrants find help
    Two years ago, when fires ravaged Northern California, where tens of thousands of Latinos in the U.S. illegally work at farms and vineyards, displaced families were seen sleeping on beaches or in their cars.
  • Expert aims to clear up fallacies about immigrants
    Dany Bahar’s interest in the effects of immigration on economies is partly based on academic curiosity and partly on personal experience. The native Venezuelan grew up watching how his grandparents, Holocaust survivors who migrated to that country after World War II, contributed to their new country. Bahar then became a migrant himself, living in …
  • A holding cell is shown during a tour of the Clark County Detention Center Tuesday, July 23, 2013.
    ICE says Metro immigration stance makes residents ‘less safe’
    Metro Police’s decision to cease cooperating with immigration authorities at the county jail will “only benefit criminals” and will “make Clark County residents less safe,” a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said. Citing a Sept. 27 federal court ruling, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo suspended ...
  • Metro suspends agreement to hold inmates for immigration officials
    Metro Police say they will no longer turn over people who are arrested to immigration authorities for deportation, citing a federal court ruling. Metro will continue ...
  • Immigration officials announce 31 arrests in Las Vegas area
    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials today announced 31 arrests in the Las Vegas-area late last month. Five of the people in custody had previously been ...
  • Pope Francis celebrates Mass on the occasion of the Migrant and Refugee World Day, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019.
    Pope decries world's indifference to migrants and refugees
    "We cannot be indifferent to the tragedy of old and new forms of poverty, to the bleak isolation, contempt and discrimination experienced by those who do not belong to 'our group,'" Pope Francis said. "We cannot remain …
  • FILE - In this April 29, 2019 file photo, Cuban migrants are escorted by Mexican immigration officials in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, as they cross the Paso del Norte International bridge to be processed as asylum seekers on the U.S. side of the border. Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019 that Mexico's government doesn't agree with an "astonishing" U.S. Supreme Court order that would block migrants from countries other than Mexico and Canada from applying for asylum at U.S. borders.
    Trump administration puts tough new asylum rule into effect
    A new level of despair spread among tens of thousands of migrants waiting on the Mexican border to seek refuge in the U.S. as the Trump administration began enforcing radical new restrictions Thursday on who qualifies for asylum ...
  • Kitchen staff work to get orders cooked and sent out at Yardbird in Miami Beach, Fla., July 20, 2019. Restaurants, farms and other employers say they need more foreign workers. And economic growth may depend on it, given lower birthrates.
    Immigrants get the job done, employers say
    After finishing a particularly satisfying dinner at a Coral Gables restaurant with his wife, Pedro Martinez quietly slipped around to the back alley where the kitchen is.
  • Nevada among top states for 'fiancé visa' holders
    The process to obtain a fiancé visa is not as simple as flying someone into the country. Green card holders cannot make use of the visa, and couples who seek the visa must provide proof of their relationship, such as …
  • Store manager Salem Tigabu displays a seasoned chile mixture, left, and chick pea powder at Melkam Market and restaurant, 4230 S. Decatur Blvd., Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019.
    'Little Ethiopia' making a name for itself in Las Vegas
    The woody aroma of frankincense envelops Melkam Market, an Ethiopian store just west of the Strip on Decatur Boulevard. The floors are covered in green lentils, a common practice for those who observe Tsome Filseta, a period of fasting in Ethiopian Orthodox Christian tradition ...
  • In this photo taken Feb. 7, 2017, released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an arrest is made during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles.
    Commissioners call for more transparency from Metro in relationship with ICE
    Las Vegas activists and elected officials are expressing frustration that Metro Police recently renewed their commitment to a program in which ...
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