HENDERSON, Nev. (KLAS) — Henderson police alert federal authorities if an undocumented immigrant is booked into their jail “regardless of their charges,” paperwork mentioned — however the division is not going to help with deportations.
In a press release to eight Information Now on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the division mentioned it might not assist any federal company with deportations. The assertion got here a day after LVMPD Sheriff Kevin McMahill informed 8 Information Now that his division is not going to partake in mass deportation “roundups” as President Donald Trump lays out his immigration insurance policies.
“Upon intake, it is determined if an arrested is suspected or confirmed as an illegal alien,” the Henderson coverage first made efficient in 2012 mentioned. “[A staff member] will call ICE for all arrestees suspected or confirmed as being an illegal alien regardless of their charges.”
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division doesn’t “enforce immigration violations,” the division posted on X in response to eight Information Now’s interview with the sheriff. In that report, McMahill mentioned his division is not going to partake in mass deportation “roundups” as President Donald Trump lays out his immigration insurance policies. Trump has promised to deport hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants, saying throughout his inaugural tackle Monday: “We will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.”
“Although Nevada peace officers have the authority to assist in enforcing federal laws, LVMPD officers will not enforce immigration violations,” the coverage dated October 2019 and up to date in March 2023 mentioned. “Officers will not stop and question, detain, arrest, or place an immigration hold on any individuals on the ground they are an undocumented immigrant. However, LVMPD will share criminal intelligence regarding transnational organized crime and international terrorists with any and all law enforcement agencies to include ICE.”
Metro alerts ICE throughout reserving and launch for felonies that “have the highest impact on public safety,” the coverage mentioned. Nevertheless, ICE should acquire a warrant and decide up the inmate.
McMahill instituted the coverage to alert immigration officers after sure arrests after his election in 2023, he mentioned. The 2019 coverage would have been applied beneath then-Sheriff Joe Lombardo who’s now governor.
The Henderson Detention Middle can also be an ICE holding facility.
