The “Cornhusker Clink” immigration detention center opened this week in Nebraska at the site of an old state prison facility, Gov. Jim Pillen announced Thursday.
“Our facility is operational,” Pillen said.
The Republican governor met with city officials in McCook, a remote town of about 7,000 residents located near the border of Kansas, earlier this week to talk about the operations of the site.
In August, Nebraska partnered with the Trump administration to build the center that will house up to 200 detainees during this first completed phase, Pillen said. The facility was planned to help provide more beds for federal detainees as part of President Donald Trump’s focus on immigration enforcement….