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From promoting megaresorts to championing responsible gaming practices, Alan Feldman has made his mark in an industry he never planned to enter. Now his contributions are immortalized with a national Hall of Fame induction.
A monthly roundup of the top news stories at UNLV, featuring the presidential election, gaming partnerships, and much more.
The philanthropist and her family bet on UNLV's success with contributions to help establish the campus, build the Thomas & Mack Center, and advance the law school.
As Congress and presidential candidates debate hospitality worker wages, UNLV tax law expert Francine Lipman parses the pros and cons for businesses, customers, and employees in Nevada and beyond.
The matriarch of the Mack family supported the university's rise since its founding.
When he’s not tackling legal affairs for the Las Vegas Raiders, the Alumnus of the Year for the William S. Boyd School of Law helps coach students interested in sports law.
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Before we ask if Donald Trump can deport millions, remember this: Barack Obama already showed us how. His administration deported 3 million people without military help – just U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, buses, and a ruthless efficiency that earned him the name ‘Deporter-in-Chief.” Parents like Andres Jimenez were sent away for driving without a license, leaving five American children behind. Trump’s first term saw fewer deportations, but now he’s promising to add military muscle.
While FINRA decides whether to appeal a circuit court panel’s ruling that it cannot speedily expel reps without SEC oversight, the regulator believes it can “implement measures” to meet the judges’ demands, according to a FINRA spokesperson.
After years of Texas being the first stop for people illegally crossing the border, Lone Star State officials are volunteering to let President-elect Donald Trump use a state ranch as the last place immigrants set foot on American soil before being forcibly deported.On Tuesday, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham offered Trump a 1,400-acre ranch near the border in South Texas to host a mass deportation facility. Buckingham bought the ranch earlier this year, she said, because the previous owner refused to let Texas build a border wall across it.
Nevada’s captains of industry and political leaders are doing little, if anything, to prepare for the potential economic hit as well as the human toll of President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to deport at least 11 million undocumented immigrants, including 189,000 who live in Nevada.
With Donald Trump in line to be the next president of the United States, immigrant communities across Nevada and the nation are bracing for his promise to carry out the “largest deportation in the history of our country,” removing millions of immigrants in mass roundups and raids. Among the most immediate effects of such a move would be to tear Nevada families apart, experts predict.
With Donald Trump in line to be the next president of the United States, immigrant communities across Nevada and the nation are bracing for his promise to carry out the “largest deportation in the history of our country,” removing millions of immigrants in mass roundups and raids. Among the most immediate effects of such a move would be to tear Nevada families apart, experts predict.
