The U.S. Department of Justice says Nevada is getting three new assistant U.S. attorneys to handle immigration, violent crime and opioid-related cases.
The Las Vegas Sun reports the positions are among more than 300 new positions the DOJ added nationwide.
Officials call the staffing boost “the largest increase in decades.”
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Most of the new hires, about 190, will be assigned to work on violent crime cases and 86 will take on civil enforcement. Immigration prosecution will gain 35 attorneys.