Nebraska Announces Plans for ‘Cornhusker Clink’ Detention Center

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen speaks during a press conference at the Douglas County Sheriff’s office in Omaha, Neb., on April 27, 2024. Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP Nebraska is partnering with the Trump administration to open “Cornhusker Clink,” a detention center to house illegal immigrants awaiting deportation or other proceedings, in a remote southwest corner

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers ask judge to dismiss criminal charges

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador only to be brought back to the U.S. to face smuggling charges, asked a federal judge in Nashville on Tuesday to dismiss his indictment, calling it a “vindictive and selective prosecution” by the Trump administration. The attorneys claimed the Trump administration is only

Texas Republicans poised to reshape voting maps

Republicans in Texas are poised to approve the partisan reshaping of the state’s 38 congressional district map in hopes of adding five more house seats during the midterm elections next year. Democrats stalled the vote for two weeks by fleeing the state, but have since returned. Texas Tribune reporter Eleanor Klibanoff joins to discuss. Original