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Nearly six months after President Donald Trump took office under a sweeping campaign promise that his administration would launch “the largest deportation program of criminals in the history of America,” the federal government has been mum about how his immigration enforcement is playing out in Southern Nevada.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has not yet released data from last month on its increased enforcement operation in the Las Vegas Valley, but a 51�ԹϺ��� Immigration Clinic attorney doesn’t believe it was as successful as the agency thought it would be.

Misinformation about immigration is fueling fear across the Las Vegas Valley community. At 51�ԹϺ���’s “We Need to Talk” panel on immigration, Tuesday, attorneys and advocates warned of a wave of panic spreading from online rumors to real life consequences. The discussion centered around facts vs fear.

The Department of Homeland Security has enlisted the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in recent weeks to conduct welfare checks on children and young people who came to the United States without their parents, alarming advocates who worry it’s an effort to target them for deportation or scare them.

The Department of Homeland Security has enlisted the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in recent weeks to conduct welfare checks on children and young people who came to the United States without their parents, alarming advocates who worry it’s an effort to target them for deportation or scare them.

When Oregon lawmakers in 2022 considered a plan to ensure immigrants facing deportation could receive free state-funded legal representation, proponents could hardly contain their enthusiasm.

Before we ask if Donald Trump can deport millions, remember this: Barack Obama already showed us how. His administration deported 3 million people without military help – just U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, buses, and a ruthless efficiency that earned him the name ‘Deporter-in-Chief.” Parents like Andres Jimenez were sent away for driving without a license, leaving five American children behind. Trump’s first term saw fewer deportations, but now he’s promising to add military muscle.

Although many people don’t realize it, there’s an intersection between two completely different areas of law. When a noncitizen child seeks Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), immigration and guardianship law intersect to provide a pathway to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status for children who cannot be reunited with their parents due to abuse, abandonment, and/ or neglect, when it’s not in their best interest to return to their home country. SIJS is a form of humanitarian immigration relief that, if granted, offers stability and safety to vulnerable immigrant children in the U.S.