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Immigration enforcement is common in Southern Nevada but the recent activities by federal agents nationwide are heightening awareness. Organizations that help migrant clients in Las Vegas continue to monitor activities in states surrounding Nevada including California and Arizona.

An image of a Border Patrol agent filling their vehicle with gas in one of Nevada’s largest Hispanic-populated neighborhoods swept through local Latino Facebook groups last week, bringing with it worry about President Donald Trump’s promises of mass deportations.

Rico Ocampo listened to President Donald Trump list his plans for undocumented immigrants in the United States while driving to work Monday and couldn’t help being fearful.

President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on launching the largest deportation in American history, but the details of how he could get it done once he takes office remain fuzzy — and would likely require the help of state and local officials who are either wavering or uncommitted.

Isaac Velasquez knows what it’s like to be undocumented in the United States. The Guadalajara, Mexico native was in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program before getting permanent U.S. residency, joining the U.S. Army and earning his citizenship.

The 119th Congress’ first policy order of business was to bring back an old bill that had passed the House last year — the Laken Riley Act, named for the University of Georgia student murdered in 2024 by a migrant who had entered the U.S. illegally and had a previous arrest record. The bill would mandate the detention of undocumented immigrants who have been charged with theft or burglary.

Nevada’s Democratic House delegation backed federal legislation that allows undocumented immigrants to be detained for nonviolent offenses like shoplifting, and at least one of Nevada Democratic senators says she’ll vote for the bill when it is heard in that chamber.

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming press secretary Karoline Leavitt has suggested that Title 42, a controversial policy used during his first term to expel asylum-seeking migrants, may be reinstated via executive action on his first day in office.