Nery Martinez and his wife were born in the same town in El Salvador, but they built their lives together in Las Vegas. They remain here under a federal program President Donald Trump has been trying to kill for thousands of immigrants. But with a recent court victory ...
Nevadans are expecting big things from President-elect Joe Biden, whether it’s beating the coronavirus pandemic, reviving the economy or fixing a broken immigration system. More than 674,000 voters (and counting) in the Silver State put their ...
The results of today's election will have lasting consequences for Las Vegas residents Miguel Barahona, his wife, both of whom fled their native El Salvador years ago, and their three daughters.
UNLV alumna Yanneli Llamas spent two years helping her parents obtain legal residency. They earned it in December, weeks before COVID-19 upended the United States.
Several undocumented Mexican nationals with criminal histories were taken into custody in Las Vegas during a recent operation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced today. They had prior criminal convictions, including ...
While most undocumented immigrants might hover in the shadows of society amid fear of being deported, Cesar Lopez is in the open and actively coordinates with elected officials and presidential candidates with hopes of helping bring about …
Lue Ortiz learned at a young age that people looked differently at him because of the color of his skin. Just a boy, he was confused as to why some would move out the way when ...
By Regina Garcia Cano, Anita Snow and Bryan Anderson, Associated Press
The virus has amplified inequalities many Latinos endure, including jobs that expose them to others, tight living conditions, lack of health insurance, mistrust of ...
Three decades ago, Rafael Lopez’s family brought him from Mexico to Nevada. He was only a year old. Lopez, now 31, has never been to Mexico. He’s grown up here and is living under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects undocumented immigrants who came to ...
Millions of Americans received $1,200 deposits from the IRS over the last week through the CARES Act, a federal stimulus bill intended to help people facing unemployment and financial duress due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One group that won’t receive deposits or checks is undocumented immigrants, who make ...
Their status does not give them unemployment protections, and a tense relationship with segments of the community and the federal government may make some of them wary about seeking treatment if they …
By Jeanna Smialek and Zolan Kanno-Youngs, The New York Times Company
At a recent private event, Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, stated a reality that economists treat as conventional wisdom but that the Trump administration routinely ignores: The United States needs immigration to fuel future economic growth.
President Donald Trump’s immigration policies — from travel bans and visa restrictions to refugee caps and asylum changes — have begun to deliver on a long-standing goal: Legal immigration has fallen more than 11% and a steeper drop is looming.