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The Nevada Immigrant Coalition (NIC) Stands with TPS Recipients Despite SCOTUS Decision

Las Vegas, NV– The Supreme Court’s decision allowing the Trump administration to immediately revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a devastating blow to over 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants nationwide. There are over 4,500 TPS holders in Nevada who are legal immigrants who have lived, worked, raised their families, and built their lives here for years.

Currently, the U.S. State Department warns *against* traveling to Venezuela, due to extreme risks such as wrongful detention, torture, kidnapping, and civil unrest. Deporting our friends and co-workers back to Venezuela now is not only inhumane, it’s potentially deadly.

This decision, while not yet final, is a deeply troubling signal of what other attacks on immigrants may come and a brutal disruption to working families in Nevada in the meantime.

Immigrant families are essential to our workforce and the State’s economy. The Trump administration’s attack on TPS holders and the ruling by the Supreme Court creates fear and uncertainty for our neighbors, co-workers, and friends who deserve stability, safety, and the protections they were promised. We continue to stand by our fellow Nevadans with TPS. 

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The Nevada Immigrant Coalition (NIC), led by the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN), Culinary Union, and Make the Road Nevada, with support from over 20 statewide partners, has mobilized in response to the surges in ICE activity in Northern and Southern Nevada. The NIC will post all breaking news and confirmations of ICE activity in Nevada on Instagram and Twitter (X)

The Nevada Immigrant Coalition (NIC) urges members of the immigrant community to know their rights, have family preparedness plans in place, and be aware of ICE officers in plainclothes and unmarked vehicles. All Nevadans, regardless of immigration status, have rights and deserve due process.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS:

If ICE stops you . . .

*You can ask the officers if you are being detained, if you are not, then you are free to leave.

*You have the right to remain silent. You do not have to answer any questions regarding your immigration status, where you were born, or how you entered the United States.

*Do not physically resist a government official and do not run away.

*If you are over 18 or over, and a non-citizen, an immigration officer may request to see your immigration documents.  If you have your documents, the law requires you to share them if you have them.

*If you do not have your immigration documents, you still have the right to remain silent and ask for an attorney.

*Do not provide false documents to officials.

If ICE comes to your home . . .

*In most circumstances, you are not required to open the door for ICE if they don’t have a judicial warrant. A Judicial warrant is a document that is signed by a judge.

*You have the right to remain silent and not answer any questions.

If ICE takes you into custody . . .

*You have the right to ask to speak with an attorney.

*You have the right to not sign any document that you do not understand. Even if the ICE officers are persistent and want to pressure you, do not sign.

*In certain cases, you can request to see the immigration judge. Depending on your circumstances, you may be able to ask for bail to be released from custody.

*You have the right to request to contact your country’s consulate for help.

*If you have minor children, let the officers know that you are the parent or primary caregiver. ICE may “exercise discretion” and let you go.

To find loved ones who may have been detained: Search the ICE Detainee Locator.

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ABOUT THE NEVADA IMMIGRANT COALITION: 

The Nevada Immigrant Coalition (NIC), founded in 2006, ensures immigrant, refugee, and new American voices are heard at a local, state, and federal level to advocate for humane and fair immigration policies. The Nevada Immigrant Coalition focuses on strengthening a network that provides services, resources, and deportation defense to immigrants and refugees across the state while strategically organizing around issues that are important to all Nevadans. We believe in working towards a Nevada that welcomes, respects, and protects everyone regardless of their immigration status.
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