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The president of the Latino Center of the Midlands announced the organization will contribute to the Lexington Community...
12/16/2025

The president of the Latino Center of the Midlands announced the organization will contribute to the Lexington Community Relief Fund to assist workers losing their jobs when the Tyson plant closes.

Omaha community members are urging residents of the state’s largest city to help support the more than 3,000 Tyson Foods workers who will lose their jobs when the company’s Lexington plant closes next month. Nonprofit leaders said if those employees move away from Nebraska, it will be a detrim...

The Latino Center of the Midlands has brought educational support, workforce development and leadership opportunities to...
10/30/2025

The Latino Center of the Midlands has brought educational support, workforce development and leadership opportunities to families in South Omaha for decades. The group broke ground this week on a major expansion to increase its facility by 50%.

Shovels hit the dirt inside a former bank building on South 24th Street Tuesday as one of the community’s largest nonprofits embarked on a $10 million expansion project. For decades, the Latino Center of the Midlands has brought educational support, workforce development and leadership opportuniti...

Nebraska's director of the League of United Latin American Citizens resigned, days after a dispute over a proposed partn...
10/17/2025

Nebraska's director of the League of United Latin American Citizens resigned, days after a dispute over a proposed partnership between the Douglas County jail and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Elsa Aranda announced her resignation from the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) days after a dispute with the organization’s national leadership.

The Douglas County sheriff’s proposed partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents was shut down las...
10/13/2025

The Douglas County sheriff’s proposed partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents was shut down last week by the county’s Board of Commissioners.

Douglas County Sheriff Aaron Hanson’s proposed partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents was seemingly shut down last week by the county’s Board of Commissioners.  In a statement shared Friday, four of seven commissioners expressed their opposition to Hanson’s proposal ...

The county jail in Omaha could be used to hold people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents under ...
10/10/2025

The county jail in Omaha could be used to hold people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents under a proposal by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.

Douglas County Sheriff Aaron Hanson has proposed using the county jail in Omaha to hold people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The nation’s oldest Hispanic civil rights organization said its name has been inaccurately tied to the proposal.  The national chapter of the...

A federal judge in Omaha ordered the release of three women held by ICE after a June raid on a meatpacking plant, ruling...
09/11/2025

A federal judge in Omaha ordered the release of three women held by ICE after a June raid on a meatpacking plant, ruling the agency's use of “automatic stay” to keep them detained was unconstitutional.

At a federal courthouse in Omaha on Thursday, three women tearfully embraced their attorneys and each other after they were ordered to be released from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement custody. Like the six others who had previously been released in nearly identical cases, the three women were...

Three more people detained during the June immigration raid on Omaha’s Glenn Valley Foods meatpacking plant will be rele...
09/03/2025

Three more people detained during the June immigration raid on Omaha’s Glenn Valley Foods meatpacking plant will be released from ICE custody after a federal judge found their detention unlawful.

Three more people detained during the June immigration raid on Omaha’s Glenn Valley Foods meatpacking plant will be released from ICE custody after a federal judge found their detention unlawful. Sabina Carmona-Lorenzo, Diego Palma Perez and Ernesto Cortes Fernandez are among a growing group of pe...

Existe una grave escasez de mano de obra en las empresas constructoras de todo el país debido al incremento en la aplica...
09/02/2025

Existe una grave escasez de mano de obra en las empresas constructoras de todo el país debido al incremento en la aplicación de leyes migratorias, según la Asociación de Contratistas Generales de Estados Unidos.

Existe una grave escasez de mano de obra en las empresas constructoras de todo el país debido al incremento en la aplicación de leyes migratorias, según la Asociación de Contratistas Generales de Estados Unidos (AGC, por sus siglas en inglés). La encuesta realizada a empresas de Nebraska muestr...

The Latino Economic Development Council has launched its first bilingual website that includes immigration legal assista...
08/25/2025

The Latino Economic Development Council has launched its first bilingual website that includes immigration legal assistance access for Spanish-speakers.

The Latino Economic Development Council launched a bilingual website this month that includes immigration legal assistance for Spanish-speakers. Although the organization focuses on economic impact for Latinos in Omaha, Arturo Gonzalez, head of health equity and economic opportunity for the council,...

At least 16 people remain in ICE custody at the Lincoln County Jail, despite an immigration judge ordering their release...
08/20/2025

At least 16 people remain in ICE custody at the Lincoln County Jail, despite an immigration judge ordering their release on bond.

At least 16 people remain in ICE custody at the Lincoln County Jail despite an immigration judge ordering their release on bond, according to statements made by attorneys for the U.S. government at a Tuesday hearing. Nebraska ACLU Executive Director Mindy Rush Chipman said there are likely more peop...

El presidente Donald Trump ha intensificado la aplicación de las leyes de inmigración. Como parte de su plan, su adminis...
08/14/2025

El presidente Donald Trump ha intensificado la aplicación de las leyes de inmigración. Como parte de su plan, su administración revocó una política de 2011 y ahora permite que la Oficina de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) realice arrestos en escuelas, hospitales e iglesias.

El presidente Donald Trump ha intensificado la aplicación de las leyes de inmigración. Como parte de su plan, su administración revocó una política de 2011 y ahora permite que la Oficina de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) realice arrestos en escuelas, hospitales e iglesias. Ante las nue...

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