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State lawmakers are “learning on the go” about Nebraska’s plan to transform its McCook-based Work Ethic Camp from a rehabilitative center to a migrant detention facility over the next couple of months ...
The president of Nebraska's correctional employees union said he "of course" has some concerns on prison capacity after the ...
The detention center's name and memes surrounding it are part of a broader White House effort to persuade migrants to leave ...
Some McCook residents are uneasy after it was announced that federal detainees would be held at a facility in their town.
DHS announced Aug. 19 that it will use a minimum-security prison in southwest Nebraska as an immigration detention facility.
It's hard to know where to begin a discussion about the Work Ethic Camp's impending transition to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility--but I know how to end it. We will get ...
A day after the major announcement from Gov. Jim Pillen, there are still a lot of questions about the ICE detention facility ...
The Department of Homeland Security is getting ready to expand immigration detention space in Nebraska, and much like ...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen said the new detention facility will hold migrants who are "threats," but ICE has detained people with little to no criminal history.
State senators who represent parts of the Metro reacted to the news of a new ICE detention facility coming to western Nebraska.
Gov. Jim Pillen and members of his cabinet have left numerous questions unanswered about the planned ICE detention center ...
On Tuesday, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen confirmed the Trump administration will use a state prison in McCook as an immigration detention center.