‘Cornhusker Clink’: On the ground at Nebraska’s new ICE facility

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00:00A new ICE facility being called the Cornhusker Clink is opening in Nebraska

00:04and residents we spoke with seem optimistic but still curious.

00:11The new facility will be in the town of McCook. The site is located at an already operational

00:16work ethic camp and will expand ICE detention space in the area by 280 beds. Today, the state

00:23of Nebraska is stepping up its support of President Trump's and Secretary Noem's immigration

00:27enforcement initiatives in several key ways, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen said. Secretary

00:32of Homeland Security Kristi Noem praised the governor and the state. The money for this

00:37new facility comes from the recent budget bill passed by the Trump administration. As part

00:42of this development, local Nebraska law enforcement will now also take a bigger role in policing

00:47immigrants. And it's a way to keep people in this community safe, keep people in Nebraska

00:56safe. That's what people like myself and people that will be working out there will be ensuring

01:02is the safety of the community and the safety of people in Nebraska and in the whole country.

01:06Others within the department still have some questions.

01:09With the fact that are illegal, don't have any address on file, supposedly, whenever they get

01:19released, where do they go? Do we make arrangements to send them wherever they want to go? Do we send

01:31them outside of the United States if the judge thinks that they can be in the country? Now, if they are found

01:47not guilty and they have to be released, where do we send them? People in the community also have some

01:53questions about the plan. We're trying to get more information so we know how we as a community need to

01:58position ourselves, how we can be both accommodating and prepared for whatever lies in store for what's

02:03happening out at the work ethic camp. While questions may linger, others are excited for what this

02:08facility will mean to the state of Nebraska. The other way I think it will bring a good impact on the

02:13business parts whereby it will influence a movement of people in this town. There will be

02:19facilitators who will be working here. It will bring in more workers into town. This facility

02:24follows other new alliterative detention centers like Alligator Alcatraz and the Deportation Depot in

02:30Florida. For Straight Arrow News, I'm Lauren Keenan. If you want more on this story,

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