Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced Tuesday that the Work Ethic Camp (WEC) in McCook will be used as a 300-bed detention ...

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

The governor says the plan is part of a series of new state-federal partnerships to support Trump’s immigration enforcement ...

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

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 ...

If you are in America illegally, you could find yourself in Nebraska’s Cornhusker Clink. Avoid arrest and self deport now ...

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

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

It is expected to be up and running as a detention center for people awaiting deportation and immigration proceedings over ...

Nebraska’s version of the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center appears to be headed for the ...

Nebraska Corrections Director Rob Jeffreys said the facility in McCook provides a “central Midwest hub for ICE.” He said surrounding states will be able to use the detention center as well. The 186 ...