The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it reached a partnership with the state of Nebraska to expand detention space for “criminal aliens” detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
This is the third state partnership ICE has struck after the “Alligator Alcatraz” prison in Miami and “Speedway Slammer” in Indiana, and the new facility will be dubbed the “Cornhusker,” which in Spanish would mean something like “cornhusker,” in reference to the main crop Nebraska is known for, according to a DHS release.
Officials added that this facility will provide 280 beds for foreign nationals who are detained and is part of the 800,000-bed program ICE is implementing following the passage of the major budget and tax bill pushed by President Donald Trump and approved in July by the U.S. Congress.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem thanked Nebraska’s Republican Governor Jim Pillen for making space available for the new prison facility so “we can get the worst out of our country.”
In addition, his department added that the state of Nebraska would be willing to sign an agreement for state patrolmen to join ICE agents in conducting joint immigration enforcement operations.
During 2025, the Trump Administration accelerated the detention of migrants in the country and official data indicate that 59,380 people are currently inside ICE detention centers, according to information from EFE.
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