Nebraska Announces Pact with DHS to Create a new center of detention of immigrants
The Governor of Nebraska and DHS announced the third state partnership to create an ICE detention center.
The partnership of DHS and Nebraska is the third state ICE has partnered with, following Alligator Alcatraz in Miami and Speedway Slammer in Indiana, and the new facility will be nicknamed the Cornhusker Clink, according to a DHS statement.
DHS added that the state of Nebraska is willing to sign an agreement for State Patrol officers to join ICE agents in conducting joint immigration enforcement operations.
In addition,Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen has ordered the Nebraska National Guard to provide administrative and logistical support to ICE officials in the state to enforce immigration laws. Approximately 20 Army National Guard soldiers will participate in the mission, with training to begin next week, according to DHS. “I am also proud that the Nebraska State Patrol and National Guard will also be assisting with ICE enforcement efforts,” Pillen said. “National security begins at home, and just as I twice deployed troops to secure our southern border during the failed Biden administration, Nebraska will continue to do its part.”
The Trump administration has continued to expand detention facilities across the country to make it easier to hold arrested migrants.
DHS opened the “Alligator Alcatraz” facility in the Florida Everglades last month and a detention center in eastern Montana in El Paso, Texas, this week.
DHS will also detain up to 1,000 migrants at the “Speedway Slammer” detention center in Indiana.
The Trump administration has accelerated the detention of immigrants across the country, and official data indicates that 59,380 people are currently inside ICE detention centers.

