'We Were Blindsided': McCook Community Reacts to Immigration Detention Facility

What to know about Nebraska-ICE plan to retool McCook Work Ethic Camp

Nebraska State Patrol Superintendent Bryan Waugh, at podium, joins Nebraska Adj. Gen. Craig Strong at left and Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Director Rob Jeffreys as the state announces a new ICE facility. Aug 19. 2025. (Juan Salinas II/Nebraska Examiner)LINCOLN — 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…

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A day after the major announcement from Gov. Jim Pillen, there are still a lot of questions about the ICE detention facility coming to McCook.

5 things to know about the new ICE detention center in Nebraska

Gov. Jim Pillen announced plans to use a McCook facility as an ICE detention center Tuesday. As more information becomes available regarding the future of the detention center, here’s five things to know.

Nebraska state senators react to Gov. Pillen's detention facility announcement

Nebraska state senators are weighing in on Gov. Jim Pillen's announcement Tuesday evening regarding federal agreements involving a facility in McCook.State Sen. John Cavanaugh, who is also a candidate for Nebraska's District 2 seat, said he has many questions about the announcement and was disappointed when he saw the news Tuesday afternoon."I am very concerned about women children being locked up in the same facility that is designed specifical…

'We were blindsided': McCook community reacts to immigration detention facility

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

Here's what we know about an immigration detention facility planned for southwest Nebraska

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