From Swamps To Fields: Trump's New Alligator Alcatraz Is A Cornhusker Clink To Detail Migrants
Nebraska announced the Midwest will be home to the latest installment of President
Donald Trump's nationwide deportation depots.
State officials shared plans on Tuesday for an immigrant detention center in the sparsely populated southwest corner of the Cornhusker State.
Dubbed the 'Cornhusker Clink,' an ode to the state's nickname, the McCook, Nebraska, site will be the latest deportation-focused migrant detention center helping Trump detain illegal immigrants set to be deported.
Another facility in
Indiana opened up earlier this month called the 'Speedway Slammer,' named for the state's famous annual NASCAR race, the Indianapolis 500.
Similar to the 'Slammer,' the 'Clink' will take an existing prison facility and use its extra space to house migrants slated for removal or under pending investigation.
'This is about keeping Nebraskans – and Americans across our country – safe,' Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen said in a statement announcing the facility.
The governor announced that the state and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) struck a deal to use the Nebraska facility, which can currently house up to 200 people but is expanding to accommodate up to 300.

The official DHS X account posted this AI-generated image after the announcement of the 'Cornhusker Clink'
As of June, ICE centers held over 56,000 migrants, the most since 2019.
The push to open up detention centers comes a month after Congress approved Trump's sweeping, multi-trillion-dollar bill, dubbed the 'One Big, Beautiful Bill,' which contained billions for deportation enforcement.
Nebraska announced the Midwest will be home to the latest installment of President Donald Trump's nationwide deportation depots.
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