Kyle Chouinard

6 days ago | lasvegassun.com | Kyle Chouinard

UNLV is now aware of seven international students who have had their visas revoked by federal immigration authorities, a university spokesperson told the Sun Friday. UNLV Officer in Charge Chris Heavey first reported in a campuswide email earlier this month that immigration officials had revoked visas of four students. The university said it won't release the seven students' identities because of federal privacy laws.

1 week ago | lasvegassun.com | Kyle Chouinard

Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al inglés. El secretario de Estado Cisco Aguilar ha iniciado una gira por Nevada para reunirse con las 28 naciones tribales y abordar los retos relacionados con el acceso al voto. La gira de escucha comenzó el Martes en el histórico Centro Cultural y Museo Stewart Indian School, cerca de Carson City, y marca el primer paso en el esfuerzo de Aguilar por fortalecer la participación electoral entre las comunidades indígenas de Nevada.

1 week ago | lasvegassun.com | Kyle Chouinard

Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español. Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar has launched a tour across Nevada to meet with all 28 tribal nations, addressing voting access challenges. The listening tour began Tuesday at the historic Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum near Carson City, marking the first step in Aguilar’s effort to strengthen electoral participation among Nevada’s Indigenous communities.

1 week ago | lasvegassun.com | Kyle Chouinard

With increased immigration enforcement in the Las Vegas valley this week, the Nevada Immigrant Coalition said Wednesday that they have not received reports of collateral arrests, where law enforcement detain people outside of those specifically targeted. The coalition, which includes organizations such as the Culinary Union, Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada and Make the Road Nevada, said officers have been in plainclothes and are not always with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

1 week ago | lasvegassun.com | Kyle Chouinard

Immigrant advocates are warning Las Vegas-area residents of increased immigration enforcement activity this week after receiving reports from different attorneys. Laura Martin, executive director of the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, said at a Monday news conference that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents targeted a business earlier Monday morning and that plainclothes officers arrested eight immigrants at a Las Vegas worksite last week.