ACLU of Nevada Sues Metro Police over ICE Agreement

ACLU of Nevada Files Suit Against LVMPD for Cooperation with ICE – California Globe

Today,  the ACLU of Nevada filed a lawsuit challenging the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s (LVMPD) 287(g) agreement with ICE. The agreement allows ICE to use local law enforcement to assist in carrying out its federal immigration enforcement agenda. Under the agreement, LVMPD officers can execute civil immigration warrants and hold illegal aliens in custody at the Clark County Detention Center on behalf of ICE “when they would otherwi…

Metro’s cooperation with ICE violates state law, says ACLU of Nevada lawsuit

(Photo: Ronda Churchill/Nevada Current)The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is challenging the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s agreement with the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to assist the federal agency by holding individuals in custody beyond their release. Nevada’s cooperation with federal agents violates state law, is eroding the integrity of the judicial system, and is hurting tourism, the ACLU alleges.  “Thi…

ACLU of Nevada sues Metro police over ICE agreement

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The ACLU of Nevada is challenging an agreement between Metro police and ICE to assist in immigration enforcement, and to hold people in custody when they would otherwise be released. An ACLU lawsuit filed on behalf of Sergio Morais-Hechavarria, 36, who is in custody at the Clark County Detention Center (CCDC). He is on a hold with no projected release date, even though a Nevada judge ordered his transfer to an inpatient treatm…

ACLU suit is challenging Metro’s agreement with ICE at the county jail

A lawsuit is challenging the legality of the Metropolitan Police Department’s agreement with federal immigration authorities at the Clark County Detention Center.

ACLU sues Metro Police over federal immigration partnership

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is suing Las Vegas police over its agreement with federal immigration enforcement signed in May.

ACLU challenges Las Vegas police’s 287(g) immigration partnership with ICE - The Nevada Independent

Filed Monday, the ACLU lawsuit contends that the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s partnership with ICE, known as 287(g), violates a legal doctrine that does not allow local agencies to exercise any powers unless specifically authorized by the Legislature.