Nebraska, ICE and immigration detention
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After McCook facility shifts to fed use, how will Nebraska's overcrowded prisons be impacted?
The president of Nebraska's correctional employees union said he "of course" has some concerns on prison capacity after the announcement of the "Cornhusker Clink.""We always make it work," he said.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen said the new detention facility will hold migrants who are "threats," but ICE has detained people with little to no criminal history.
Some McCook residents are uneasy after it was announced that federal detainees would be held at a facility in their town.
ICE officials reported finding the victims in dirty motel rooms in the Nebraska area and they arrested multiple people linked to the human trafficking ring.
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