Urges Congress to enact legislation to prohibit officers and agents of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the United States Department of Homeland Security from entering schools and places of worship for the purposes of enforcing federal immigration laws. (BDR R-779)

- 83rd Session (2025)
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 9–Committee
on Legislative Operations and Elections

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ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION—Urging Congress to enact
legislation to prohibit officers and agents of the United States
Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the United States
Department of Homeland Security from entering schools and
places of worship for the purposes of e nforcing federal
immigration laws.
WHEREAS, All children in the United States are entitled to equal
access to a public elementary and secondary education, regardless of
their or their parents’ actual or perceived national origin, citizenship
or immigration status; and
WHEREAS, Places of worship have historically been viewed as
sacred and protected spaces for persons who attend religious
services to exercise their religious beliefs and attend religious
services and offer various resources to support and protect anyone in
need; and
WHEREAS, Educational personnel and members of religious
organizations are often primary sources of support, resources and
information to assist and support students and persons who attend
religious services; and
WHEREAS, The activities of federal immigration law
enforcement agencies, on or around schools and places of worship,
including, without limitation, surveillance, interviews, demands for
information, arrests, detention or any other federal immigration
enforcement activities, harmfully disrupt the learning and religious
environments of schools and places of worship and significantly
interfere with the ability of students and persons who attend
religious services, regardless of their immigration status, to access
free public education and places of worship; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE OF THE STATE OF
NEVADA, JOINTLY, That the members of the 83rd Session of the
Nevada Legislature hereby urge Congress to enact legislation to
prohibit officers an d agents of the United States Immigration and
Customs Enforcement in the United States Department of Homeland
Security from entering schools and places of worship for the
purposes of upholding federal immigration laws; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and
transmit a copy of this resolution to the Vice President of the United
States as the presiding officer of the United States Senate, the

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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and each
member of the Nevada Congressional Delegation; and be it further
RESOLVED, That this resolution becomes effective upon
passage.

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