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- Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen directed the state patrol to partner with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- He allowed ICE to use the former state prison, Cornhusker Clink, to house hundreds of detainees.
- U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed Pillen for his 2026 re-election campaign.
- Pillen previously defeated a Trump-backed candidate in the Republican primary for governor.
- He called illegal immigrants “criminal” and “the worst of the worst,” echoing Trump’s language.
