This won’t make us safer. It will only tear us apart.
This week, Nebraska leaders said they’re turning a work ethic camp in McCook — about an hour drive south of North Platte — into an immigration detention center. They are calling it “Cornhusker Clink” in an attempt to normalize an atrocity, which is why you won’t hear that name from us again.
An important win: Two of our neighbors are home.
Yesterday at 4 a.m., two mothers awoke in a detention center in North Platte to travel to a courtroom in Omaha. They had already been granted bond weeks ago. But ICE refused to release them.
Inside the strategy to deny immigrants their rights
More than two dozen of the workers detained in the Glenn Valley Foods raid in June remain in detention, even after immigration judges have determined they are eligible for release and families have paid their bond.
Social work after the Glenn Valley Foods raid
After the raid of Glenn Valley Foods in June, we didn’t know what the ripple effect would be for families of loved ones who were detained — many of whom were the main source of income.
Voices from the front: Q&A with Stacy Marquez
Stacy Marquez coordinates the Nebraska Immigration Legal Assistance Hotline. Everyday, she and her team are often the first people immigrants talk to when they’re scared and searching for help. She shares what she’s hearing now and why every caller deserves to be treated like family.
DHS declares some immigrants ineligible for bond
Families and communities raised the money for bond, but many of the workers swept up in the Glenn Valley raid are still being held in detention.
The federal budget bill and its consequences
Last week, Congress passed a sweeping federal budget bill but, for immigrant families, it amounts to a blank check for more jails and enforcement agents.
One worker home, dozens more waiting
On June 10, nearly 80 of our neighbors were rounded up in a massive immigration raid at Glenn Valley Foods in South Omaha. Many of them were held for days without being charged and some signed their own self-deportation orders without the chance to speak to a lawyer.
Update: Birthright citizenship
The promise of birthright citizenship has protected millions of families for nearly 160 years. Last week, the Supreme Court made it easier to attack that promise. This is a terrifying moment so we want to break down what we know today, what’s at stake in the days ahead, and how CIRA will keep fighting for every family’s right to belong.
June 10 raid was a wake-up call for immigration reform
Nebraska statewide partners across sectors call on Congress for overhaul.