State lawmakers urged to step up resistance to Trump’s detention and deportation tactics

By: Michael Lyle

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: July 14, 2026

Words: 1,213

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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Nevada lawmakers need to do more to protect sensitive locations like hospitals, courts, and schools from being targeted in federal immigration operations, civil rights attorneys and immigration groups say.

A surge in immigration enforcement and detention over the last 18 months in Nevada has left people afraid to leave their houses to attend church, receive medical care, or go to school, state lawmakers were told last week.

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