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 ...

ACLU of Nebraska files lawsuit on behalf of man detained at McCook ICE facility ...

McCOOK, Neb. (KOLN) - The office of Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced Tuesday that the Work Ethic Camp (WEC) in McCook will be used as a detention facility for people awaiting deportation and other ...

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.

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 ...

A legislative bill seeks to void a Nebraska deal with the feds that converted a state prison into an ICE detention facility in McCook.

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s plan to turn a work ethic camp in McCook into an ICE detention facility is getting some pushback. A Legislative committee plans to hold a hearing to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The McCook Work Ethic Camp in McCook, Nebraska. (Courtesy of Nebraska Department of Correctional Services) LINCOLN, Nebraska — ...