The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the opening of a new detention facility for illegal immigrants in Nebraska, part of a wider national expansion of detention capacity under President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda.
The facility, dubbed the “Cornhusker Clink,” is located at the Work Ethic Camp in McCook, Nebraska, and adds 280 detention beds through a partnership between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said the expansion is one of several made possible by funding authorized under what the administration calls the “Big Beautiful Bill,” passed earlier this year. The law increased funding for the federal 287(g) program and provided resources for 80,000 additional ICE detention beds nationwide.
