DHS stiffing NV legislators’ questions about what judge ruled ‘open defiance,’ state senator says

By: Michael Lyle

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: July 9, 2026

Words: 901

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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Representatives with the Department of Homeland Security scheduled to speak at a state legislative committee meeting Thursday notified lawmakers this week they “would not be appearing,” Democratic state Sen. Edgar Flores told Nevada Current.

State lawmakers had hoped to ask about deportation and detention operations in Nevada, including recent judicial orders saying the federal agency was in “open defiance” of a federal district court ruling by denying bond hearings.

Lawmakers had reached out …

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