Michael Kagan In The News

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Attorney Adam Crayk expects immigration enforcement in Utah to get much more aggressive. The recent public arrest at the airport that went viral is just one early indicator.
Las Vegas Sun
A federal judge in Nevada could soon decide whether two men — Victor Jacobo-Ramirez and Edgar Guevara-Alcantar, both denied bail under new immigration detention rules — could be the first of hundreds of detainees in the state to win access to long-denied bond hearings. Their emergency legal petition, filed last week in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas, has launched a class action supported by the ACLU of Nevada and the UNLV Immigration Clinic.
Las Vegas Review Journal
Two men being held by immigration authorities were misclassified by the Department of Homeland Security in a way that doesn’t allow them a chance to bail out as their cases proceed, a break in a decades-long established practice, a federal lawsuit filed in Las Vegas alleges. The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project and UNLV’s Immigration Clinic, which are representing the plaintiffs, filed the complaint Thursday.
The Economic Times
Zohran Mamdani's historic win as New York's first Muslim mayor has ignited a fierce backlash from MAGA supporters online, who are accusing him of a "left-wing takeover." Despite facing xenophobic and anti-Muslim attacks, Mamdani, a democratic socialist, is set to take office in January, promising to improve the city for ordinary people.
The Nevada Independent
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada and the UNLV Immigration Clinic have filed a federal class action lawsuit challenging the new mandatory detention policy implemented under the Trump administration.
Las Vegas Sun
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been consistently highlighting arrests on its social media accounts under President Donald Trump’s second administration, sometimes with an accompanying list of crimes and a photo of a person who committed them.
The Dallas Morning News
Yaa’kub Ira Vijandre was a fixture at Dallas-area pro-Palestine protests, filming with his camera. Now he faces deportation over social media posts the government claims glorifies terrorism.
The Nevada Independent
Daughter says a mysterious hospitalization and lack of information about her father’s whereabouts are problematic.