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 ...

DHS announced Aug. 19 that it will use a minimum-security prison in southwest Nebraska as an immigration detention facility.

Many in McCook were surprised but supportive of the move to turn a correctional facility into an immigration detention ...

The president of Nebraska's correctional employees union said he "of course" has some concerns on prison capacity after the ...

The Department of Homeland Security is getting ready to expand immigration detention space in Nebraska, and much like ...

This state’s version of the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” federal immigration detention center is being created in the ...

Some McCook residents are uneasy after it was announced that federal detainees would be held at a facility in their town.

RELATED COVERAGE: Omaha immigration advocates react to ICE detention facility in McCook, Nebraska State Sen. Kathleen Kauth voiced her support for the federal government's involvement. "This is ...

Many on social media questioned the legality of using the name Cornhusker for the facility. Now KETV is helping you get the ...

The detention center's name and memes surrounding it are part of a broader White House effort to persuade migrants to leave ...

McCOOK, Neb. (KOLN) - Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced Tuesday that the Work Ethic Camp (WEC) in McCook will be used as a ...

An existing minimum security prison work camp in southwest Nebraska will be used as a new immigration detention facility.