Where ICE arrests the people held in Nebraska's immigration jails

Seven county jails and hold rooms in Nebraska take people into federal immigration detention. This page traces the route — where Immigration and Customs Enforcement recorded the arrest, the Nebraska facility that held the person, the out-of-state facility they were transferred to, and the country they were removed to — for every detention stay since late 2022 that touched one of the seven facilities.

Each record is one continuous stay in detention, matched to the arrest that began it. A stay can pass through more than one jail; it is counted here if any part of it was in a Nebraska facility. The arrest is often recorded at a local jail or state prison, not on the street — see how the arrests happen.

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The route into and out of Nebraska detention

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Countries of citizenship

Where the people held in these facilities hold citizenship.

Criminal history at book-in

ICE's own classification when the person was booked into detention.

How the arrests happen

ICE's “apprehension method,” simplified. Most arrests here are custodial — ICE takes custody of someone already booked into a local jail or state prison.

Arrests over time

Monthly, by arrest date. A trailing partial month is dropped.

Where people are moved next

State of the last facility in each stay. Nebraska is largely a feeder into ICE's removal pipeline in the Gulf South.

Countries people were removed to

For the stays that ended in removal from the United States.

About the data

Source: the Deportation Data Project's processed “Arrests with detentions” dataset (ICE records obtained under FOIA; release of 21 August 2026). Filtered to detention stays whose facility list includes any of the seven Nebraska codes , then aggregated. No individual records are published here.