Overview

• Official Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority data show June 2025 visits down 11.3% overall and international arrivals off 13% year-over-year.
• Culinary Workers Union Local 226 leaders attribute the downturn in part to heightened ICE operations and Trump administration immigration rhetoric that they say frightens off foreign tourists.
• Major Canadian airlines report steep drops to Las Vegas, with Flair Airlines passenger traffic down 55% and Air Canada seeing about a one-third decline year-over-year.
• Hotel and casino employees describe layoffs and reduced on-call shifts as immigrant workers under DACA or TPS status express growing fear of deportation and family separation.
• The union highlights contract protections that preserve job security, seniority and pay for members facing immigration-status issues, even as administration officials deny arrest-quota claims.