Newborn twins sleep peacefully on a recent weekday as their mother initiates paperwork that could change the course of their lives. Soon, the baby boys will have passports. If their Haitian mother faces deportation, they will be ready to leave their birth country – the United States.

The thought of immigration agents showing up at school is sparking fear across Nevada after a bill that would’ve banned federal agents from entering campuses without a warrant was vetoed this year.

So far, experts widely agree that a lack of manpower has held back President Donald Trump’s planned mass deportation campaign. But a spike in funding for immigration enforcement and changes to the court system under the recently passed “Big Beautiful Bill” could make those plans a reality in Nevada — a state with one of the highest shares of undocumented people.

The four veteran immigration agents who recently took the stand in federal court had at least two things in common. All were career law enforcement officials. And none could remember ever being asked to make arrests like the ones they carried out earlier this year.

The Trump administration is making it much more difficult for women fleeing gender-based violence in other countries to immigrate to the United States.

Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration is damaging Las Vegas's famous tourist industry and spooking the workers who keep it running, according to union and industry leaders.

The Affordable Care Act was transformational for Nevada, helping its uninsured rate drop from 22 percent in 2012 to 8 percent this year. Experts describe the Trump administration’s recently passed “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” as the biggest health care shake-up since Obamacare was enacted in 2010.

The Affordable Care Act was transformational for Nevada, helping its uninsured rate drop from 22 percent in 2012 to 8 percent this year. Experts describe the Trump administration’s recently passed “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” as the biggest health care shake-up since Obamacare was enacted in 2010.

Las Vegas runs on tourism, and the people behind that industry are overwhelmingly immigrants. But as immigration enforcement ramps up across Southern Nevada, Culinary Workers Union Local 226 leaders say workers are feeling the pressure and fear.

The new federal law making tips tax-free could benefit Nevada workers more than those in other states — but there are also caveats, such as a little-mentioned marriage penalty.

Las Vegas runs on tourism, and the people behind that industry are overwhelmingly immigrants. But as immigration enforcement ramps up across Southern Nevada, Culinary Workers Union Local 226 leaders say workers are feeling the pressure and fear.

Federal appeals courts are still figuring out how much weight to give to agencies’ views of their legal authority, a year after the US Supreme Court said judges must interpret relevant laws.