Police in Las Vegas are changing the policy when it comes to handing low-level offenders over to federal immigration enforcement officers.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department lobbyist Chuck Callaway told lawmakers last week Sheriff Joe Lombardo has directed the jail to implement new procedures related to its agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
He said the department will no longer notify ICE if it has an immigrant who is in jail solely for a low-level traffic or misdemeanor offense and does not have a significant criminal history.
