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AG: Las Vegas Inclusion In Sanctuary City List Under Review

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the inclusion of Las Vegas in a list of so-called sanctuary cities that don't cooperate with federal immigration authorities is being reviewed.

Sessions' remarks came Wednesday in Las Vegas, where he spoke before a group of federal, state and local law enforcement officials.

Clark County, where Las Vegas is located, and other jurisdictions were singled out in a May 2016 report by the Justice Department's inspector general that found local policies or rules could interfere with providing information to immigration agents.

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Sessions says Las Vegas has a "great cooperative system" with federal officials.

The jurisdictions last week received a strongly worded statement from the department questioning whether they are responding honestly when asked whether they follow the law on sharing the immigration status of residents.