About 10,500 people moved to Nevada from outside the U.S. in the yearlong period ending last July, less than half the number from the year before. Almost all of the downturn was in Clark County, the state's most populous region. 

Whistles were key in giving residents a heads up about ICE in Minneapolis. Volunteers in Nevada are preparing to take similar steps.

Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) will not be issuing a proclamation declaring Cesar Chavez Day on March 31, as required by state law, amid ongoing allegations that the late labor leader sexually abused young girls. 

Three Nevada-based employees of Vivint, one of the largest home security companies in the country, have accused the company of labor trafficking through a lawsuit, saying that they were forced to relocate, denied fair wages and repeatedly threatened with deportation.

Between Jan. 1, 2025, and Feb. 16, 2026, 363 pregnant, postpartum and nursing immigrants were deported, DHS reported in response to questions submitted last fall.

At least one Nevada organization is changing a planned celebration of Cesar Chavez, the late civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers of America, in light of new allegations that he was involved in the abuse of young women.

The lawsuit marked one of the most substantial challenges against 287(g) collaborations in the state, which play an outsize role in the deportation system in Nevada. At least three other jurisdictions in the state have entered agreements since the start of the second Trump administration.

The purchase of the warehouse could significantly bolster detention capacity in the region — ICE's Salt Lake Field Office oversees agency operations in Nevada, Montana and Idaho. The office, led by former U.S. Customs and Border Protection official Brian Henkey, is charged with making the majority of ICE arrests and detentions in the region.

A legal green card holder with schizophrenia alleges in a new lawsuit that he mutilated himself after being repeatedly denied his medications while in immigration custody at the Nevada Southern Detention Center. 

Gabriel Espinoza, a 22-year-old community college student from California, was deported after a trip to Las Vegas with friends. His deportation comes as local employers have expressed concerns that President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is slowing tourism, with visitation from Canada and Mexico notably down in 2025.

The Nevada DMV communicated with ICE over Signal for its work on a federal task force that it says does not relate to immigration enforcement.

As sovereign nations, the authority for ICE to enforce immigration laws on tribal lands is contested, with specific policies varying from tribe to tribe, and in late 2025, ICE launched a new initiative within its 287(g) program to allow tribal law enforcement agencies to carry out immigration enforcement.

Warning patients could deter them from signing up for a program called Emergency Medicaid, through which the government reimburses hospitals for the cost of emergency treatment for immigrants who are ineligible for standard Medicaid coverage.

Judge Kristin Luis order the agency to provide all records unredacted for her review and sworn declarations about its record-searching process and use of the encrypted messaging app Signal.

Shortly after The Nevada Independent published an article in late January about her detention, Emine was released from ICE detention. Her conversation with The Indy provides a snapshot of what immigration detention is like for pregnant individuals.

Since 2020, revenue from the city's contract with ICE has nearly halved, according to data from a public records request. In 2025, the facility made $3.5 million in revenue from its agreement with ICE — a significant decrease from the $7.3 million the contract generated in 2020.

The state hasn't resisted Trump's immigration agenda as overtly as some peers, though observers say it's naive to think that a crackdown couldn't happen here.

The senator, who criticized Kristi Noem, said she would consider the facts and "make an appropriate decision at that time" if the DHS secretary is impeached.

In the more than 100 days Emine has been detained at the Henderson Detention Center, she says she has received minimal medical care and zero prenatal checkups.

More than 70 percent of U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) arrests in Nevada in 2025 happened in detention facilities, such as county jails, federal facilities and state prisons, rather than through raids or other activities.