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As deportations have ramped up in Nevada, there have been lingering questions about the tactics Homeland Security has deployed in its immigration enforcement.

The ACLU of Nevada, UNLV Immigration Clinic and Make the Road Nevada, all members of the Nevada Immigrant Coalition, addressed the interim Committee on Government Affairs last week about ways state lawmakers can respond to a rise in deportations and detentions. 

A federal judge temporarily blocked 25 immigrant detainees from being transferred out of state as the ACLU of Nevada determines whether they received bond hearings prior to being detained.

The Nevada Dept. of Motor Vehicles provided inaccurate information in a legal proceeding about DMV chats with federal immigration officials via Signal, an encrypted messaging platform

Immigration arrests in Nevada increased drastically last year, with over 2,000 detained in the first 10 months of President Trump's second term.

Carson City District Judge Kristin Luis says she’s leaning toward imposing civil penalties against the Nevada DMV for failing to comply with the law in its responses to requests from the ACLU Nevada for the state agency’s communications with ICE agents, as well as the Department of Homeland Security.

Tuesday brought a plot twist to the Nevada State Legislature and Gov. Joe Lombardo’s sweeping crime bill, with the introduction of an amendment adding provisions that would protect students from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and a brand new bill whose language mirrors two key components of the crime bill.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 5 would order a legislative study on immigration enforcement operations in the state. It is not expected to be heard or passed, and behind the scenes became a flashpoint for advocates and lawmakers who wanted to see more done to safeguard immigrant families in the wake of large-scale immigration sweeps.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is challenging the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to assist the federal agency by holding individuals in custody beyond their release.