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Homeland Security's inspector general says applications for immigration visas for investors in the SLS Las Vegas casino-hotel development were sped through the approvals process with pressure ......

More than 36 hours into his attempt to break the Guinness World Record for longest public speaking session, Ian Hill was showing signs of fatigue early Friday evening. But, still, he pressed on.

“I think it’s very cool he’s doing this for us,” said Karalee Ward, 9. “He’s trying to show us anything can happen.”

About 100 activists wanting to meet with Attorney General Adam Laxalt over his decision to join a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s action on immigration blocked the highway in front of the state Capitol on Wednesday....

More than a hundred immigration and progressive activists are protesting outside of Attorney General Adam Laxalt's office demanding he remove Nevada from a lawsuit blocking a halt to deportations of some immigrants. Members of ......

UPDATE: The demonstrators have finished for the time being and Carson Street has been reopened to traffic for the time being, according to the Carson City Sheriff's Office and Nevada Highway Patrol. Another event may be planned this afternoon, organizers said.

More than 100 people peacefully demonstrated Wednesday in front of the Nevada State Capitol Building in Carson City, Nev., protesting immigration issues, and specifically Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt's decision to join a lawsuit with 24 states challenging executive actions by President Barack Obama on immigration.

Attorney General Adam Laxalt responded in writing to U.S. Rep. Dina Titus’ letter criticizing him for signing onto a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s executive orders on immigration....

UPDATE: The Nevada State Demographer’s Office, located at the University of Nevada, Reno College of Business, has released its 2014 population estimates. The state gained an estimated 42,334 persons from July 2013 to July 2014, an estimated increase of 1.5 percent, about equivalent to the increase of 1.8 percent the prior year. This is higher than the 2011 to 2012 period when the state grew by 1.0 percent.

The House of Representatives approved full fiscal-year funding for the U.S. domestic security agency on Tuesday, dealing a blow to conservative Republicans who had wanted the bill to include language blocking President Barack Obama’s recent executive orders on immigration....

Congress voted today to fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security without restricting President Barack Obama’s contentious deferral deportation programs, ending a months-long immigration standoff between ......

A presidential shout-out last year turned local immigration activist Astrid Silva into an instant celebrity. The UNLV student was thrust into the national spotlight as the face of President Barack Obama’s plan to spare millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. But Silva isn’t the only l...

Illegal immigration bills that were considered dead on arrival when Democrats controlled the Nevada Legislature are now getting life, a result of the Republican ......

Nevada represented both sides of the country's immigration debate today at separate events discussing President Barack Obama’s stalled immigration deal ......

Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt on Wednesday presented Congress the case against President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration, delivering an argument he said should focus on constitutional law and not partisan politics....

Appearing before Congress, Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt elaborated on his controversial decision to join a lawsuit against President Barack Obama’s immigration actions, telling lawmakers it’s a matter of defending the rule of law. “This suit is not about immigration,” Laxalt told members of ...

In testimony slated to be given Wednesday before the House Judicary Committee, Attorney General Adam Laxalt plans to try to steer the discussion away from the political hot button of immigration to "the President’s attempt to change the law through unconstitutional executive action."
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Two disparate events Wednesday will showcase Nevada with the ongoing immigration reform debate as a backdrop....

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday formally requested an emergency stay to put on hold a Texas judge’s decision that temporarily blocked President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration from taking effect....

Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt, on the job less than two months, is getting some national exposure this week....

U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy drew mixed reactions from Hispanic business leaders Friday afternoon while discussing immigration reform and the state’s struggling education system. The congressman got a mostly warm reception at ......

A Carson City rally on behalf of Rise Up America, will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Nevada Legislature Building on South Carson Street.

The event is being coordinated by P.J. Degross of Carson City, who was the admininstrator for Overpasses for America and GRAA. This year’s event is part of a national protest movement hosted by Overpasses and joined by many other groups. Many states are having city wide rallies the entire weekend, said Degross.

Attorney General Adam Laxalt will appear before the House Judiciary Committee next week to discuss a Nevada-backed lawsuit against President Barack Obama's new immigration deal ......

The nation’s intensifying immigration debate came to U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio during a book tour stop in Las Vegas this morning when a local activist confronted ......

During a visit to Las Vegas, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said Wednesday Congress should pass a bill to fund Homeland Security without conditions, essentially stepping back from a battle with President Barack Obama over his executive actions on immigration....

For Brenda Terrones, the latest twist in a months-long political and legal fight over immigration reform has all but dashed her hopes for a life without the threat of ......

A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration, which has drawn opposition from 26 states across the nation....

A federal judge on Monday stalled President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration, dealing a victory to a coalition of 26 states — including Nevada — that have filed a lawsuit to ......

A federal judge in Texas has issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Barack Obama’s program that would defer deportation for up to 5 million people living in the United States illegally....

Gaby Avina, 12, is in her second season playing soccer in her neighborhood CPAC program.
“When I started I barely knew how to kick a ball,” she said. “I didn’t do anything right. But I felt a positive vibe. And now I feel like I’ve know everybody forever.”

United Latino Community invites the Carson City community to attend Immigration 101. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services will present this program on Thursday, February 12, 2015, at 5:30 pm. at United Latino Community.
— Learn the process for applying for immigration benefits in the United States.
— How to become a U.S. citizen.
— How to legalize your status.
— What the United Stated Citizenship and Immigration Services can do for you.
— How you can petition for family members to come to the United States.
— How to apply for DACA.

In its ongoing campaign to educate area real estate agents and community members on the changing economic environment in Northern Nevada, the Reno Tahoe International Council will hold an Economic Forum this Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015.