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April 28, 2024

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A person receives the COVID-19 vaccination at UNLV, Monday, April 5, 2021.
Undocumented immigrants in Las Vegas urged to shed fears in vaccination push
April 18, 2021
The Cashman Center is big, and so is the sound of mariachi. It was an appeal to Latinos, the most overrepresented group in coronavirus infections but among the least vaccinated, and especially toward some of the most vulnerable among them, those living in the U.S. without ...
A group of migrants just apprehended by Border Patrol agents, in Del Rio, Texas, March 18, 2021. Small towns in Texas and Arizona are seeing dozens of migrants arriving each day, in some cases straining local resources.
Border towns brace for more migrants as the border slowly reopens
March 20, 2021
Immigration agents are releasing so many migrants in small towns along the Texas border these days that Laura Ramos, who owns a store near the international bridge in Eagle Pass, said she was worried about the safety of her business and her children.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined at right by Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., chairman of the House Hispanic Caucus, and Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., discusses the upcoming vote on the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021, a bill to help reform the immigration system, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 18, 2021.
House approves legislation to give Dreamers a path to citizenship
March 18, 2021
The House voted Thursday to unlatch a gateway to citizenship for young Dreamers and immigrants who have fled war or natural disasters abroad, giving Democrats a ...
In this Jan. 17, 2021, photo, injured women, part of a Honduran migrant caravan in their bid to reach the U.S. border, weep as they sit on the side of a highway after clashing with Guatemalan police and soldiers in Vado Hondo, Guatemala. U.S. federal law allows immigrants facing credible threats of persecution or violence in their home country to seek U.S. asylum.
In Joe Biden's early days, signs of Trump-era problems at the border
Feb. 10, 2021
Hundreds of newly released immigrants are getting dropped off with nonprofit groups, and accounts of prolonged detention in short-term facilities are growing ...
Nevada Army National Guard member Katherine Deskins prepares a COVID-19 shot at Cashman Field Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. The vaccinations to public safety workers are part of a pilot program for a larger mass vaccination effort, officials said.
Fear of feds could prevent Las Vegas immigrants from seeking COVID vaccine
Jan. 18, 2021
The biggest obstacle to getting undocumented immigrants in Las Vegas vaccinated against COVID-19 might not be fear of the shot, but the unwarranted fear of being outed to federal authorities, advocates said. That’s why state officials and immigration advocates are working to spread the word that ...
Clockwise from top left, Jorge Escobar de Guillen, Santos Escobar, Karla Elizabeth Guillen Escobar, Ana Guillen with daughter Daniela pose for a photo at Catholic Charities, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. With the help of Catholic Charities Santos Escobar was reunited with his wife Jorge and youngest daughter Karla after being separated for twenty-two years.
Salvadoran family has much to celebrate this Christmas — being together in Las Vegas
Dec. 25, 2020
After 22 years apart, husband and wife will wake up this Christmas together in Las Vegas. Escobar de Guillen and their youngest daughter, 22-year-old Karla Elizabeth Guillen Escobar, arrived in Las Vegas …
Nery Martinez poses with his wife Rosa Ramos in their backyard in Las Vegas Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Martinez lost his job as a bartender in the COVID-19 shutdown and is waiting to be called back.
Immigrants living in U.S. under embattled federal program see hope on horizon
Dec. 12, 2020
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 ...
In this June 18, 2020, file photo, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students gather in front of the Supreme Court in Washington.
Judge orders the government to fully reinstate DACA program
Dec. 5, 2020
A federal judge Friday ordered the Trump administration to fully restore an Obama-era program designed to shield young immigrants ...
Then-presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a Las Vegas Drive-In campaign event Oct. 9 at Southeast Career Technical Academy.
How Nevada might benefit from Biden’s win
Nov. 16, 2020
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 ...
Daniel Peña Echeverria, a native of El Salvador, and Nazareth Jimenez, 16, and her Honduran-born mother, Francis Garcia, gather Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, at the Arriba Las Vegas Worker Center. Four more years of a Donald Trump presidency could mean the end of Temporary Protected Status for Peña Echeverria and Garcia and could bring their possible deportation. The election of Joe Biden, on the other hand, could give them a path to U.S. citizenship.
Today's outcome critical for immigrant Las Vegans who could face deportation
Nov. 3, 2020
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.
Astrid Silva, executive director of Dream Big Nevada, listens to a question during a CSN in the Community panel discussion in the Rafael Rivera Community Center Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. The Facebook Live event helped kick off a community partnership with Immigrant Home Foundation and Dream Big Nevada that will offer free ESL classes to the community.
Free English language program at CSN gives immigrants a leg up
Oct. 11, 2020
Lixmar Herrera left Venezuela three years to escape the ongoing economic crisis and political turmoil.
Panelists are shown during an immigration-focused webinar for the Brookings Institution, a public policy think tank that this week launched a podcast series on the subject.
Humanizing immigrants: UNLV grad recounts family story in Brookings forum
Sept. 22, 2020
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.
In this July 8, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer looks on during an operation in Escondido, Calif.
Undocumented immigrants with criminal histories arrested in Las Vegas
Sept. 1, 2020
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 ...
Marine veteran Cesar Lopez poses by a mural on a wall outside his home Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. Lopez, a legal resident, was deported to Mexico over a conviction from 2000. He now works on behalf of other veterans who have been deported.
Las Vegas veteran works to bring exiled service members back to the U.S.
Aug. 16, 2020
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, canvas director of Las Vegas-based nonprofit Make the Road Nevada, poses for a portrait Thursday, July 9, 2020.
'Their fight is our fight': Latinos in Las Vegas join Blacks in seeking end to injustices
July 13, 2020
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 ...