The Las Vegas rally of over a hundred people at the steps of the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse featured speakers from ACLU-Nevada, Nevada Immigration Coalition, NAACP, Culinary Union, the office of Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, and Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom.

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The Trump administration’s efforts in California received some praise but mostly significant pushback. Tedd Pappageorge, the Culinary Union Secretary Treasurer responded to claims the federal government is responding to people simply breaking the law.

“No, it’s actually not as simple as that,” he said. “What’s really going on is we have folks that have been here for five years, 10 years, 15 years, 20 years. They’re parts of the community. They go to our churches, their kids go to our schools, and they power this economy.”

The Culinary Union cited additional concerns with alleged escalating ICE raids in Nevada pointing to the Nevada Immigration Coalition’s post of 12 raids over the Easter weekend.