Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced an agreement on Tuesday to run an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in the Cornhusker State.
The Work Ethic Camp in McCook, Nebraska, which is in Red Willow County, will be a detention facility for "those awaiting deportation and other immigration proceedings," according to a release from Pillen's office.
Officials said the facility will expand detention bed space by 280 beds.
The facility, which the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has dubbed the "Cornhusker Clink," is one of three state-federal partnerships that Pillen's office announced Tuesday.
Pillen also ordered the Nebraska National Guard to provide administrative and logistical support to Nebraska-based ICE officials in enforcing immigration laws, in conjunction