There are about 220,000 undocumented immigrants in Nevada. According to Pew Research Center, one in 10 Nevada households includes an unauthorized immigrant. Immigrants are part of the fabric of our community, attending schools, contributing valuable work and supporting our local economy.

The number of people detained by immigration and Customs Enforcement in Nevada continues to grow, with now 425 detainees being held at two facilities in southern Nevada, the Henderson Detention Center and the Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump.

Protests against President Donald Trump's immigration policies continue across the country, including in Southern Nevada, where on Friday night, dozens of demonstrators gathered outside of the Henderson Detention Center to call on local officials to keep ICE authorities out of local communities.

In a post on X, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said people are now responsible for providing their own interpreter. However, attorneys explained, this isn’t necessarily a new rule, it’s a return to pre-pandemic procedures that are now being strictly enforced. While the change wasn’t sudden, attorneys said some applicants are still being caught off guard.

The UNLV Immigration Clinic says as of this week, there are 406 people detained by ICE being held in Southern Nevada.

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 UNLV 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 UNLV’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.