In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law

As the president pushes for mass deportations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has a new strategy for arresting immigrants. First, ICE lawyers terminate people’s cases in immigration court. Then ICE officers arrest them at or just outside the courthouse. As a result, immigrants who may be trying to gain legal status in the United States are instead targeted for rapid removal.

The summer travel season is underway – but if you’re a green card holder, immigration attorneys say now is not the time to make last-minute decisions without checking your status first.

UNLV’s Immigration Clinic said six asylum-seekers were arrested by ICE in Las Vegas after leaving immigration court.

Concerns over immigration raids are continuing to grow after six asylum seekers were detained at their Immigration court hearings at the Las Vegas Immigration Court on Tuesday Morning.

UNLV’s Immigration Clinic said ICE arrested six asylum seekers looking for ways to legally stay in the United States. Attorneys with the clinic said the federal government may be seeking ways to rapidly deport the men.

On Tuesday, six men walked into the Las Vegas immigration court for scheduled hearings. By that evening they were in ICE custody on their way to a private detention center in Pahrump, this is according to the UNLV Immigration Clinic.
Seth Schorr, the CEO of Fifth Street Gaming, said Las Vegas tourism would benefit if laws and regulations allowed casinos to host cannabis lounges and allowed their customers to have it delivered to their hotels.

Federal immigration enforcement agents apprehended multiple people outside Las Vegas Immigration Court near downtown Tuesday after they attended their scheduled hearings, according to the UNLV Immigration Clinic.

Cannabis-friendly state legislation involving the Resort Corridor may offer a crucial opportunity for Las Vegas’ ability to attract visitors amid projected shortfalls, a gaming executive says.

The discussion comes as lawmakers consider the potential benefits and drawbacks of the proposed change.

It’s been 11 years since former Gaming Control Board member Terry Johnson authored an industry notice instructing Nevada gaming license-holders and prospective applicants to stay away from the fledgling medical marijuana business because of federal enforcement of anti-drug laws.

Some suspects in violent assaults and sex crimes are escaping American justice because they're being deported before they can stand trial, according to a number of prosecutors and legal experts across the country.