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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 Nevada Resort Association on Thursday defended the provisions of Gov. Joe Lombardo’s crime bill that would allow courts to ban certain criminal offenders from the resort corridor for up to a year.

During the special legislative session, which starts this week, Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo is asking lawmakers to do what they didn’t do during the regular session earlier this year: pass a crime bill he backed.

Legislation touted Tuesday by Gov. Joe Lombardo and law enforcement officials from Northern Nevada would turn back the clock on modest reforms passed by lawmakers with bipartisan support in 2019.

Federal agents might be able to get away with violating constitutional rights, but Nevada law enforcement agencies can’t.

By Michael Lyle, Nevada CurrentThis piece was originally published in the Nevada Current.

This piece was originally published by the Nevada Current by April Corbin Girnus. 

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