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Nevada DMV stonewalling on release of ICE communication records, ACLU says

The DMV disclosed that it had unlawfully withheld 110 documents in a court filing March 3. It has only handed over seven of those records, the ACLU says.

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DHS stiffing NV legislators’ questions about what judge ruled ‘open defiance,’ state senator says

As deportations have ramped up in Nevada, there have been lingering questions about the tactics Homeland Security has deployed in its immigration enforcement.

Several law enforcement officers wearing tactical gear, face coverings, and protective vests walk together in a parking lot. The officer in the center wears a vest labeled ‘Police’ and ‘Federal Agent’ and carries a baton, while others wear body armor, radios, and other equipment. Vehicles and buildings are visible in the background.

State lawmakers urged to step up resistance to Trump’s detention and deportation tactics

The ACLU of Nevada, UNLV Immigration Clinic and Make the Road Nevada, all members of the Nevada Immigrant Coalition, addressed the interim Committee on Government Affairs last week about ways state lawmakers can respond to a rise in deportations and detentions. 

People march in a street protest carrying signs advocating for immigrant rights. In the foreground, a person holds a sign reading ‘Families Belong Together’ decorated with stick figures and a heart. Other visible signs include ‘ICE is the modern day…’ and ‘Democracy! Where the hell have you been, loca?!’ Participants walk through an urban area with office buildings, a parking garage, and traffic signs in the background.

Voting rights advocates score three legal victories but remain on alert against election threats

Nevada’s “grace period” for accepting mail ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but received by officials in the days following will continue

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Federal judge stops immigrant detainees from being transferred out of Nevada

A federal judge temporarily blocked 25 immigrant detainees from being transferred out of state as the ACLU of Nevada determines whether they received bond hearings prior to being detained.

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Clark County DA called on to honor judge’s ruling vacating a prisoner’s conviction

Criminal reform advocates and civil rights groups, including the Mass Liberation Project, the ACLU of Nevada, and the NAACP Las Vegas, gathered Tuesday at the Regional Justice Center, demanding that Slaughter be set free. 

Advocates in front of the Eighth Judicial District Court rallying for the release of Rickie Slaughter.

DMV, AG’s office gave inaccurate info in lawsuit about communications with ICE

The Nevada Dept. of Motor Vehicles provided inaccurate information in a legal proceeding about DMV chats with federal immigration officials via Signal, an encrypted messaging platform

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ICE arrests skyrocketed in Nevada last year

Immigration arrests in Nevada increased drastically last year, with over 2,000 detained in the first 10 months of President Trump's second term.

ICE officers in the street and a protest sign being held up that reads "ICE out of our communities."

Judge gives DMV five days to produce communications with ICE, Homeland Security

Carson City District Judge Kristin Luis says she’s leaning toward imposing civil penalties against the Nevada DMV for failing to comply with the law in its responses to requests from the ACLU Nevada for the state agency’s communications with ICE agents, as well as the Department of Homeland Security.

Senior Staff Attorney Sadmira Ramic arguing in court hearing.

Nevada state Senate passes crime bill after adding immigration-focused amendment

Tuesday brought a plot twist to the Nevada State Legislature and Gov. Joe Lombardo’s sweeping crime bill, with the introduction of an amendment adding provisions that would protect students from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and a brand new bill whose language mirrors two key components of the crime bill.

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