Michael Kagan In The News

Politico
The Trump administration is systematically locking up immigrants while they contest the government’s attempts to deport them, even if they’ve lived in the United States for decades and have no criminal record.
Las Vegas Sun
President Donald Trump’s push to accelerate immigration enforcement is being felt in Las Vegas, where federal agents picked up 441 people with detainers and 173 with warrants from police custody from Feb. 7 through Sept. 1, according to Metro Police data obtained by the Sun in a public records request.
The Nevada Independent
With colleges across the U.S. worried about losing international students, Nevada’s two largest state universities pledge to remain a welcoming home for students venturing to Nevada from abroad.
Las Vegas Sun
The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for federal agents to stop and detain people based on race, language or even where they work — at least for now. In freezing a lower court’s ruling against the practice, the justices last week signaled a broader reach beyond Los Angeles, sparking alarm that Nevada and other states could soon feel the effects.
U.S.A. Today
President Donald Trump has suffered three major legal setbacks in recent days that experts say could put his plans for mass deportation at risk – at least until a higher court steps in.
K.T.N.V. T.V. ABC 13
Why did the federal government designate Nevada as a "sanctuary state"? It's been one month since the federal government placed the state on a list of sanctuary jurisdictions, but we're no closer to learning the answer than when the list was first published.
Politico
President Donald Trump bills his deployment of the National Guard as an attack on rampant crime in lawless Democrat-run cities. But the White House’s decision to push the legal limits of the president’s power also has a lot to do with immigration.
The Nevada Independent
Nevada landed on a federal list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” last week despite having no prohibitions on officials cooperating with immigration enforcement agents, stirring confusion about what exactly triggered the designation.