Cornhusker copyright? What we found on the name of Nebraska's new ICE detention facility

MCCOOK, Neb. —

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security dubbed the new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility as the "Cornhusker Clink."

You can't hear the word Cornhusker without thinking of the University of Nebraska.

Many on social media questioned the legality of using the name Cornhusker for the facility. Now KETV is helping you get the facts.

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According to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's licensing page on its website, it has trademarked the name "Cornhuskers" — plural — but acknowledges this is a common word.

KETV reached out to the university system.

"The University of Nebraska has had no role in the planning, naming or future operation of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility at the McCook Work Ethic Camp and learned of it only