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.

Policy changes pertaining to undocumented immigrants — be they congressional or executive — have the potential to upend Nevada, which has the highest percentage of undocumented workers in its workforce of any state.

The local Mexican Consulate, which she leads, represents Mexico's government abroad and is directed by Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Lombardo — alongside every other Republican governor except Vermont Gov. Phil Scott — said that he is ready to “utilize every tool” at his disposal to prevent illegal immigration.

“CCSD schools are safe places for all students and their families,” the district said in a statement. “The district does not report undocumented immigrants to authorities, nor does CCSD ever ask students or parents about their immigration status.”

With Republicans taking control of both houses of Congress and the White House, Amodei will be the most influential Nevadan in the Capitol. And his mission goes beyond his Nevada priorities — his position as chair of the Homeland Security subcommittee in the Appropriations Committee will be more important, and scrutinized, than ever, as he’s tasked with funding the agencies that President-elect Donald Trump plans to deploy toward his mass deportation campaign.

On top of separating loved ones, immigration advocates say that a mass deportation campaign could be widely disruptive to Nevada’s economy and cultural fabric. 

During his tenure, he shepherded the agency through the COVID-19 pandemic and many other public health challenges, including the opioid epidemic.