Facility
county-jail
Operational
Clark County Detention Center — LVMPD 287(g) pipeline in Las Vegas
Clark, NV
FIPS 32003
unknown total; 633 ICE arrests through Oct 2025
Bed capacity
Operator: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Overview
The Clark County Detention Center (CCDC) in Las Vegas is the largest jail-to-ICE pipeline in Nevada. Run by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) and funded by the Clark County General Fund (property and sales taxes), it became a major ICE enforcement hub in 2025 after LVMPD signed a 287(g) agreement. Clark County itself claims “no established relationship” with ICE, but it funds the jail that Metro runs.
287(g) Agreement Timeline
- June 16, 2025: Sheriff Kevin McMahill signed the 287(g) Warrant Service Officer agreement
- December 2025: Agreement went into operational effect
- Previously had a 287(g) agreement that was suspended in 2019 under then-Sheriff Joe Lombardo
- Metro continued cooperating with ICE informally between 2019-2025, “helping ICE agents arrest potentially hundreds of undocumented immigrants”
Arrest Numbers
- 2024: 61 ICE notifications from CCDC, 15 released to ICE; 140 total immigration arrests at the jail
- 2025: 1,099 ICE notifications, 320 released to ICE; 633 immigration arrests through October 15
- Since 287(g) became active (December 2025): at least 240 people taken into ICE custody
- CCDC accounted for 633 of Nevada’s 2,155 ICE arrests through October 2025 — nearly 30% of the state total
ACLU Legal Challenge
- October 2025: ACLU of Nevada sued LVMPD, arguing the 287(g) agreement violates state law (AB376, Nevada’s limits on local-federal immigration cooperation)
- March 6, 2026: Clark County Judge Monica Trujillo dismissed on procedural grounds — plaintiff Sergio Morais-Hechavarria was deported, making case “moot”; judge did NOT rule on legality
- April 9, 2026: ACLU filed appeal to Nevada Supreme Court; case is pending
- ACLU alleges LVMPD ignored an underlying court order and transferred a detainee to ICE during the litigation
Sources
- ICE takes 240 Clark County jail inmates under new 287(g) deal (Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2026)
- Metro’s cooperation with ICE violates state law, says ACLU (Nevada Current, Oct 2025)
- Vegas judge tossed ACLU suit over 287(g) (Nevada Independent, Mar 2026)
- ACLU appeals LVMPD lawsuit to Nevada Supreme Court (Fox5 Vegas, Apr 2026)
- How Southern Nevada local governments work with ICE (Nevada Independent, 2025)