Tag: McCook

The Work Ethic Camp, located off Highway 83 in McCook, Nebraska, on March 28, 2026. Nebraska signed a two-year contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to use the facility dubbed “Cornhusker Clink” as a federal ICE detention center.

Financial questions linger over ‘Cornhusker Clink’

June 13, 2026

Eight months after an ICE detention facility opened in rural Nebraska, questions remain about promised economic benefits to the state.

State Sen. Margo Juarez of Omaha, drives down I-80 toward “Cornhusker Clink” federal immigration detention center in McCook on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025.

On the road: South Omaha to ‘Cornhusker Clink’

June 13, 2026

A freshman senator fights for Nebraska’s immigrant community.