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.

Nebraska will allow the Trump administration to use a state prison in McCook as an immigration detention center, Gov. Jim ...

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

The Trump administration reportedly plans to build a new immigrant detention facility in McCook, Nebraska, and house migrants in several county jails as part of an effort to expand capacity.

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

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.

Nebraska Republican Gov. Jim Pillen announced plans Tuesday for an immigration detention center in a farming area in the ...

On Aug. 5, DHS announced a second ICE detention facility, dubbed the "Speedway Slammer." This one is located near Bunker Hill ...