Nebraska governor signs executive order requiring state entities to comply with new federal immigration laws

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) – Nebraska’s governor signed an executive order requiring all state entities to comply in the implementation of President Trump’s new federal immigration policies.

The document, signed on Friday by Gov. Jim Pillen, orders that any department and agency run by the State of Nebraska review their regulations and policies to ensure they support Trump’s immigration directives, including the executive orders he signed during his first few days in office.

“This document demonstrates Nebraska’s alignment with the new federal immigration policy and provides guidance to state agencies for carrying out provisions contained in the President’s recently issued executive orders,” Gov. Pillen said in a press release Friday.

Pillen’s executive order also specifically named the Nebraska State Patrol and the Nebraska Department of Corrections, laying out several steps they must take to comply with the new policies.

This includes cooperating and communicating with federal authorities like the U.S. DOJ and homeland security when they believe a violation of federal immigration laws could be present during criminal investigations, and keeping federal authorities updated on when said violators are taken into or released from custody.

But all state agencies, law enforcement or not, are ordered to assess how to “most practically and effectively assist the enforcement of immigration laws to the fullest extend possible.”

May 31 is the deadline for all agencies to ensure they’re compliant with Pillen’s order.

In response to the governor’s order, ACLU of Nebraska’s Executive Director Mindy Rush Chipman released the follow statement:

Read the full Executive Order

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