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Sunrise hospital prepares for COVID in Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (Daniel Clark/The Nevada Independent).

Nevada may save money on Medicaid because immigrants are afraid to use it, state says

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.

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Schools are bracing for upheaval over fear of mass deportations

“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.”

D.C. Download: Mark Amodei sees infrastructural challenges for mass deportation

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.

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