LINCOLN — Nebraska’s version of the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” federal immigration detention center is being created in the roughly 7,500-resident city of McCook, Gov. Jim Pillen confirmed. His ...

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The state’s Work Ethic Camp in McCook, Neb., has become a detention center for migrants facing deportation proceedings.

After the announcement of the "Cornhusker Clink," the president of Nebraska's union for corrections officers spoke with KETV on concerns about the state's prison capacity on Wednesday. "We always make ...

McCOOK, Neb. (WOWT) - First Alert 6 obtained new details Thursday on the immigrant detention center to be housed in McCook, speaking with law enforcement in the area for the first time since the ...

Sen. Myron Dorn invited all state lawmakers to visit the detention center Monday. Five Nebraska state senators visited the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in McCook Monday. Sen.

AND ONLINE AS WE LEARN MORE. BACK HERE AT HOME. MCCOOK NEBRASKA IN THE NATION’S SPOTLIGHT AFTER GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN ANNOUNCED IT WOULD SERVE AS THE HOME BASE FOR AN IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITY. IT ...

For now, a southwest Nebraska judge is allowing the repurposing of a state corrections facility to an ICE detention facility to continue. The Red Willow County District Court judge declined to issue a ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A group of Nebraska senators is calling on Gov. Jim Pillen to hold a public hearing about the new ICE detention facility that will take over the Work Ethic Camp in McCook. In a ...