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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.
Law In The News
The incoming presidential administration led a campaign that promised mass deportations. As the nation’s leader in mixed-status families, what does that mean for the portion of Las Vegas immigrants still working on their U.S. citizenship? Co-host Dayvid Figler talks with Michael Kagan, law professor and director of the UNLV Immigration Clinic, about how the current and possible future of immigration policy will impact everyone living in Las Vegas, and what residents can do to be prepared.
Finra, the financial industry’s self-regulator, is likely to avoid bringing expedited expulsion proceedings against members without SEC input after the D.C. Circuit said that doing so would probably exceed its authority.
Elias Benjelloun’s parents were issued their deportation orders quickly after President-elect Donald Trump first stepped into office in 2016. For the family, Benjelloun said, the deportation order felt somewhat like a betrayal. Originally from the Netherlands, the family’s asylum case had been pending for decades before the FBI had granted them assistance after Benjelloun’s father — owner of a popular Las Vegas hookah lounge — reported information.
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.