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DHS plans 'Cornhusker Clink' detention center as Trump expands immigration enforcement

2025-08-20

[FoxNews] DHS Secretary Noem warned illegal aliens could find themselves at the new facility in McCook, Nebraska, and encouraged self-deportation

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is expanding detention centers with a new facility in southwest Nebraska and nicknaming it the "Cornhusker Clink."

As part of President Donald Trump’s push to add thousands of new beds nationwide for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), just like "Alligator Alcatraz" and "Speedway Slammer," the facility increases ICE detention space for illegal aliens awaiting deportation or in deportation proceedings in the region.

At the same time, Cornhusker Clink’s name recognizes the region’s heritage and is located around 200 miles from the state capital, Lincoln.

With ICE arrests down and data showing removals are up, the new venue combines 200 beds with the 280 already in place at the Work Ethic Camp in McCook, which opened in 2001 as a prison.

Acknowledging the facility as part of an agreement between Nebraska and the federal government, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem warned that illegal aliens in the region could find themselves at Cornhusker Clink.

"To help remove the worst of the worst out of our country, if you are in America illegally, you could find yourself in Nebraska’s Cornhusker Clink," she said. "Avoid arrest and self-deport now using the CBP Home App."

Trump’s "One Big Beautiful Bill" provided funding for 80,000 new beds for ICE to use, which has contributed to an increase in facilities across the country.

"Alligator Alcatraz," one of the better-known facilities, was opened in the Florida Everglades and can house up to 3,000 migrants, while the East Montana Detention Center at Fort Bliss outside El Paso, which opened on Sunday, will be able to hold up to 5,000.

"Speedway Slammer" in Indiana will also hold up to 1,000 migrants.

Back in Nebraska, the National Guard is also helping ICE officials enforce immigration laws, involving 20 or so soldiers.

In a statement supporting Trump’s immigration crackdown, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen said he was "pleased that our facility and team in McCook can be tasked with helping our federal partners protect our homeland by housing criminal illegal aliens roaming our country’s communities today."

Posted by:Skidmark

#6 Suddenly have a craving for a Spanish translation of Amos Millburn's Greyhound.

Posted by: Gleger Hupitle8376 2025-08-20 23:59

#5 Hillary! called for Fun Camps, which sounds whimsical and intoxicating.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-08-20 18:23

#4 I'd like to use one dignified, descriptive name for all of them

Perhaps you would prefer 'concentration camps', with designated railroad cars to take the migrants to their respective departure points. Or 'reservations' to suggest the holding pens were something they requested.

Posted by: Skidmark 2025-08-20 17:41

#3 From the Center for Immigration Studies:

Overall Foreign-Born Population Down 2.2 Million January to July
Illegal population estimated to have fallen 1.6 million this year

Analysis of the raw data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) household survey, officially called the Current Population Survey (CPS), shows an unprecedented 2.2 million decline in the total foreign-born or immigrant population (legal and illegal) between January and July of this year. We preliminarily estimate that the number of illegal immigrants has fallen by 1.6 million in just the last six months. This is likely due to increased out-migration in response to stepped-up enforcement. However, analysis based on the CPS comes with caveats.

Findings:

Analysis of the CPS data shows the total foreign-born population of all ages, both in and out of the labor force, declined an unprecedented 2.2 million from January to July – the largest six-month decline ever within the same year.

Non-citizens accounted for all of the falloff in the total foreign-born; the naturalized U.S. citizen population has actually increased some since January.

We preliminarily estimate that the illegal immigrant population declined an astonishing 1.6 million (10 percent) to 14.2 million from January to July of this year.

Confirmation of the decline in the illegal immigrant population can be seen in the 10 percent decrease in the number of non-citizens from Latin America who indicated they arrived in the U.S. in 1980 or later. It is well-established that this population overlaps significantly with illegal immigrants.

Although some have voiced concern, based on the BLS’s other employment-focused survey, that job growth is underreported, the CPS actually shows significant job growth among the U.S.-born. Further, to the extent employment growth may have slowed overall, it is likely due to illegal immigrants leaving the country.

Based on the CPS, the BLS reports in Table A-7 of the Employment Situation Report that the number of employed foreign-born individuals declined by 1 million from January to July 2025. Table A-7 also shows an increase of 2.5 million workers among the U.S.-born.

There are a few important caveats. First, given recent stepped-up enforcement efforts, it is possible that the observed decline in the foreign-born was due, at least in part, to a greater reluctance by immigrants to participate in the survey or to identify as foreign-born; 2) Some of the administrative data necessary to estimate illegal immigrants is not yet available, making our estimate for July only preliminary; and 3) Given the way the CPS is designed, employment gains among the U.S.-born, at least in part, may represent a statistical artifact rather than a real trend.

Posted by: trailing wife 2025-08-20 12:55

#2 They're so American!

Not that Herb's serious... but I'm an American and I think they're frivolous and kinda dumb. Unworthy of the noble purpose of such institutions. I'd like to use one dignified, descriptive name for all of them, distinguishing the various facilities by number or location: Deportation Depot 1, Deportation Depot Delaware, whatever.

Posted by: Sonny Omiper4678 2025-08-20 12:42

#1 I love whoever is making up these names!
They're so American!
And they show illegal aliens we mean business and we're going to get them the fuck out of our country.

Posted by: Elmomoter Mussolini9149 2025-08-20 11:17

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