Our immigrant community has spent the past two years facing the same economic pain all working families have seen at the grocery store, hospital and in keeping a roof over their heads, with one added burden: being scapegoated for it all. That scapegoating culminated in the election of President Donald Trump, sold on the false promise that mass deportations would somehow lead to cheaper groceries.
Eight months later, where are we? Nevada has a 5.4% unemployment rate, the highest in the nation. Billions in federal funds have been cut in the form of handouts to billionaires. Over 114,000 Nevadans are set to lose health care through the gutting of Medicaid, and another 31,000 could lose their jobs due to cuts to Medicaid and clean energy programs. Meanwhile, the wealthiest 1% of Nevadans are