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DREAMers finally see a pathway to citizenship with the Dream & Promise Act
March 12,2019 Make the Road Nevada (MRNV) members reacted to the introduction of The Dream and Promise Act (DPA), which will provide a path to citizenship to over 2 million immigrants under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and Deferred Enforcement Departure (DED) programs. Our MRNV youth leader, Genaro Lorza spoke on…
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Presidential Candidate Julián Castro has a Living Room Conversation with Las Vegas Community Members
NowThisPolitics invited, Obama’s ex-housing secretary and first Latinx presidential candidate to announce their running for 2020, Julián Castro to have an intimate conversation with local community members of Make the Road NV (MRNV). The discussion was aired live on March 1, 2019 on social media. Members had the opportunity to discuss with Castro some of…
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VICTORY: A STEP FORWARD IN ELIMINATING 287(G)
On Thursday, February 7 community members from Las Vegas together with Make the Road Nevada and Arriba Las Vegas Workers Center stood outside of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s (LVMPD) headquarters to demand that Sheriff Lombardo end the deportation agreement the department has with U.S immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom…
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PRESS RELEASE: Make The Road Nevada Unveils their 2019 Economic Justice Agenda
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Make The Road Nevada Unveils their 2019 Economic Justice Agenda Las Vegas, NV – Over the weekend, Make the Road Nevada (MRNV) celebrated their one year anniversary. Since day one, they have focused on building power in the Latinx community. In their one year celebration, the organization not only highlighted their first…
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Sebastian Yatra shows his support to Make the Road Nevada members
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Meet Our Dreamer: Argelia Rico
Argelia Rico is 25 years old and lives is Las Vegas, Nevada, special Needs Student Tutor & Pre-K assistant. She is one of the young bright leaders growing out of the community-based movement for immigrant justice. As a 25 year old advocate for immigrants, full-time Special Needs tutor and Pre-K assistant, and supermom to a…
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The Forgotten Route 91 are Finally Being Heard
Many survivors, undocumented workers from the October 1 Massacre in Las Vegas and Make the Road Nevada members gathered outside the police headquarters on June 12 to meet with the sheriff of Clark County, Joe Lombardo. For the past eight months, shortly after the Route 91 country music festival shooting occur, Make the Road Nevada…