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Requests denied: Nebraska turns down records requests on McCook-ICE jail • Nebraska Examiner The Governor's Office has denied at least nine records requests regarding repurposing the McCook Work Ethic Camp.

As the opening of a Nebraska ICE detention camp gets closer, Gov. Pillen and his staff are refusing to provide information in response to public records requests.

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Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a reminder: Indigenous communities deserve justice, sovereignty, and visibility — every day.

Douglas County Sheriff urges ICE detention contract for jail, County Board chair balks • Nebraska Examiner The Douglas County sheriff seeks an ICE detention contract for a jail in Nebraska's most populous county, but County Board chair balks.

Let’s be clear about this: partnerships with ICE only lead to more separated families and rights violations.

Nebraska ranks near top of U.S. in prison overcrowding, OIG of Corrections reports Nebraska ranks first in prison overcrowding when measured by operational capacity, second behind Alabama where the crowding is measured by design capacity.

It's the same headline year after year: Nebraska remains home to some of the most overcrowded prisons in the country. We can't build our way out of prison overcrowding. It's past time for meaningful reform to get people out and keep people out.

That means too many Nebraskans are still left behind and the will of the voters has been undermined. Everyone deserves the basic protection of paid sick leave.

Nebraskans overwhelmingly voted for earned paid sick leave, but even as we celebrate that progress we need to remember lawmakers chose to weaken that victory. This year, before what voters passed could even go into effect, a majority of state senators amended the law to exclude thousands of workers.

Nebraska law requiring paid sick leave goes into effect in October All employees will be required to receive paid sick leave, with exceptions of those under 16, seasonal agriculture workers and small businesses with 10 or fewer employees.

Today, Nebraska’s new paid sick leave law goes into effect, a win that will give more workers than ever before the ability to care for their health without risking their paycheck. Voters supported this change with 75% approval last fall, making it clear that we value healthy families and workplaces.

Tell Omaha's City Council: Don't Criminalize Homelessness Please take action!

The Omaha City Council just decided to delay a vote on an ordinance that would threaten people experiencing homelessness with jail time and fines. This came after a public hearing where Omahans said loud and clear that we want to see officials focused on real solutions. Keep emailing and calling.

Footage Of Terence Crawford Gunpoint Police Stop Circulates As Omaha Mayor Responds Undisputed super middleweight champion Terence Crawford was the recipient of a victory parade in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, on September 28, which was the

Celebrated as a hometown hero on Saturday, pulled over at gunpoint hours later. What Bud Crawford experienced at this traffic stop is all too familiar for many Black and Brown Nebraskans. We'll keep saying it: overpolicing is not making our communities safer.

The new presidential memorandum that calls for investigations into activists, nonprofits, and donors tries to link domestic terrorism to so-called "extremism on migration, race, and gender."

This is about silencing dissent, pure and simple, but the president cannot rewrite the Constitution by memo.

Nebraska mulling request to turn over voter information to Justice Department The Justice Department requested the full name, date of birth, address, state driver's license number and partial Social Security numbers for all registered voters in Nebraska.

The Justice Department wants access to Nebraska voters' private information, including partial Social Security numbers. We’ve urged our secretary of state to safeguard Nebraskans' information by sharing only what's already publicly available.

Three months after Omaha raid: One ICE detention chapter winds down, another heats up • Nebraska Examiner Three months after an Omaha immigration raid, one ICE detention chapter is winding down and another is heating up.

We're so grateful for Sen. Juarez standing up for our communities and calling for badly needed immigration reform. As our attorney Grant says here, we're going to keep doing everything we can to make sure our community members' rights are respected.

Judge frees three more immigrants held after Nebraska raid Senior U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon has granted writs to at least three other detainees from a June immigration raid in Omaha.

Victory! A federal judge ruled today that our client’s ongoing detention was unlawful. She’s our fourth client to leave ICE custody since the Omaha Glenn Valley Foods raid.

Victory! Judge Orders Omaha Mother’s Release from ICE Custody - ACLU of Nebraska She is the third ACLU of Nebraska client to leave ICE custody in the last two months.

An Omaha woman is back with her family after months in the custody of immigration authorities. Today, a judge ruled that our client was being held unlawfully and must be released on bond.

License plate readers in Nebraska help ICE conduct immigration enforcement efforts - Flatwater Free Press When federal immigration agents arrested Melvin Varela Perez in the Omaha area on July 9, they were quick to thank the local cops and other federal

Flatwater Free Press found Nebraska license plate readers are being used for immigration enforcement: "Little information has been released about most of these searches. [...] ICE declined an interview request and did not answer emailed questions about the nature of the searches."

Victory! Family Reunites After Judge Orders Release from ICE Custody - ACLU of Nebraska The ruling was unequivocal: our client was detained unlawfully.

As state officials got ready to roll out the red carpet for ICE, we were in court winning a victory for our client. The ruling unequivocally stated ICE had violated her rights. She is back home with her daughter today.

Omaha Mother Challenges ICE Detention After Bond Order in New Lawsuit - ACLU of Nebraska Sabina Carmona-Lorenzo is asking for a judge to order her release on bond, which an immigration court judge granted a month ago.

BREAKING: We’re suing to get an Omaha mom back with her family. Even though a judge granted Sabina Carmona-Lorenzo release on bond, she is still in detention. ICE will see us in court.

Woman Taken in Omaha ICE Raid Challenges Ongoing Detention via ACLU Lawsuit - ACLU of Nebraska A judge granted Maria Reynosa Jacinto release on bond in mid-July.

BREAKING: We're suing to help an Omaha mother get out of ICE custody. Even though a judge granted her release on bond weeks ago, Maria Reynosa Jacinto is still in detention.

NEW: We filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration’s new policy taking away immigrants’ ability to seek release on bond from ICE custody.

Indefinite detention is cruel and unconstitutional — everyone is entitled to due process.

Could Trump use Nebraska's National Guard and airmen to help ICE detentions? Yes. The Trump administration has requested thousands of National Guard troops, including members from the Cornhusker State, as part of its immigration enforcement efforts across the country.

Nebraska may soon once again deploy National Guard troops to bolster immigration enforcement efforts. Nebraskans know our Guard should be focused on things like helping with natural disasters, not carrying out the current administration’s extreme anti-immigrant agenda.

ICE Releases ACLU Client, Other Immigrants Remain Detained Despite Being Granted Release on Bond - ACLU of Nebraska An Omaha man is back home with his loved ones after enduring weeks in the custody of federal immigration authorities.

Our client is back home. Although his bond was posted almost two weeks ago, ICE refused to approve his release until recently — seemingly based on its new stance that most immigrants are ineligible for release on bond. Others remain in similar situations. We'll keep working for due process for all.

Just a month after Nebraska signed paperwork for a $313-million new prison, Gov. Pillen is now saying he wants to cut hundreds of millions from our state budget. We know where he can start.

13 women describe 'horrific' detainment after Omaha raid. ICE says it followed detention standards In an interview with The World-Herald, 13 women discussed their experiences during and after the Omaha immigration raid. Several claimed they were harassed and told they had no rights. ICE

In new interviews, 13 women who were taken in the Omaha worksite raid told the Omaha World-Herald that ICE agents mocked them, tried to intimidate them into signing papers, and incorrectly told them they don’t have rights. This is appalling.

BREAKING: A federal court blocked President Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship and certified a nationwide class, protecting the citizenship rights of all children born on U.S. soil.

Don Bacon votes yes on Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill': 'No bill is going to be perfect' Don Bacon said he saw more good than bad in President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill." The Nebraska congressman supported the bill during the vote in the House of Representatives.

Reps. Bacon, Flood and Smith all voted for the budget bill, which will cause thousands of Nebraskans to lose health care and pour money into detaining and deporting our immigrant friends, family members and neighbors. This is cruel and way out of step with what Nebraskans want.

Congress: Save Medicaid Now Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.

This budget bill is wrong for our country and it's wrong for Nebraska. Tell your rep: Vote NO.

They want to cut health care to fund raids, separating families, creating fear, and targeting people who are established parts of our communities, our loved ones, neighbors and coworkers.

As if that's not bad enough, its targeted "defunding" of Planned Parenthood almost certainly means health center closures and loss of care.

Medicaid is a lifeline for 70 million Americans, including 15 million people with disabilities. The version of this bill passed by the Senate slashes Medicaid funding by at least $900 billion dollars, the largest cuts ever in the history of the program.

Today, Sen. Fischer and Sen. Ricketts voted for a massive budget bill that will kick thousands of Nebraskans off health care, threaten to close rural hospitals, and shovel money into the administration's extreme mass deportation agenda. It's headed back to the House for what might be its final vote.