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Friday, October 17, 2025

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The Nevada Immigrant Coalition stands with ACLU of Nevada in opposing local law enforcement collaboration with ICE

Las Vegas, NV –  The Nevada Immigrant Coalition stands in solidarity with the ACLU of Nevada in its legal challenge to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s 287(g) agreement with ICE. Reinstating this anti-immigrant program diverts scarce Clark County resources to an unfunded federal agenda, undermines state court decisions, and deepens distrust between law enforcement and the communities they serve.

The Nevada Immigrant Coalition issued the following statement:

“The Nevada Immigrant Coalition continues to condemn the decision to revive a previously discarded 287(g) arrangement and continues to urge Governor Joe Lombardo, Sheriff Kevin McMahill, City of Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley, and other state and local leaders to focus on policies that keep working families together and immediately end support for this shameful policy that keep immigrant workers in fear of being profiled by the police. 

Doing the work for ICE, including detaining people on non-criminal cases, undermine community trust and waste local resources that are already critically underfunded. Local law enforcement resources belong to the people of Clark County and shouldn’t be held hostage to uncompensated federal mandates.

The Nevada Immigration Coalition remains committed to ensuring that Nevada is a state that welcomes, respects, and protects everyone regardless of their immigration status.”

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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