Jeremy Turley 🦃

New at FFP: A raid at an Omaha meatpacking plant put a spotlight on a system meant to prevent unauthorized immigrants from working in the U.S. And it reignited a long-simmering debate: Is E-Verify up for the task? 🔗 buff.ly/Fqmam17

Dakrats are taking over Minot (and I'm here for it). #DakratDominion

In an interview with The World-Herald, 13 women discussed their experiences during and after the Omaha immigration raid. Several claimed they were harassed and told they had no rights. ICE says it followed detention standards. Read more here: omaha.com/news/local/cri…

The Sarpy County Board of Commissioners wanted him fired. His boss, the county attorney, refused. Seven months later, a top prosecutor accused of misconduct is being paid not to work as a legal fight continues, costing taxpayers at least $300,000. 🔗 buff.ly/Ai8phOO

A crypto mining company is already Stanton County’s biggest energy user. Now, the Nebraska Public Power District is taking slivers of farmland by eminent domain to build a new transmission line that will deliver triple the power to the crypto miners. 🔗 buff.ly/UyLQKXw

Featuring shout-outs for SPED stories by the @flatwaterfreep's @jeremyjturley, @The74's @LaurenWReports, and the @BostonGlobe's @mandy_mclaren. Full panel recording: youtube.com/watch?v=48Dj2t…

Nebraska Public Power District is using eminent domain to build a transmission line in rural Stanton County that will feed one giant customer's appetite for electricity: a crypto mining company. Landowners aren't happy. flatwaterfreepress.org/a-nebraska-cry…

More than 60 detainees of the Omaha ICE raid are being held at Lincoln County Jail in North Platte, NE, per ICE statement. Three voluntarily returned to Mexico. Three Guatemalan nationals were transferred to Louisiana.

NYT: ICE is pausing work site enforcement investigations in some sectors (incl. agriculture, and meatpacking) and instructing agents not to arrest “non-criminals” — just days after 76 workers were detained at a meatpacking plant raid in Nebraska

New at FFP: Jacque Palczynski begged to get her son out of jail. He was paranoid, wasn’t taking his medication and needed to be in a hospital. She filled out a form to request a commitment, sent it to Douglas County and then never heard back. 🔗 buff.ly/4e1TfiT

Omaha Steaks spokeswoman Kathleen Al-Marhoon says rumors (below) of an attempted ICE raid circulating online today are false. "I can confirm no raid or such activities are happening at Omaha Steaks. Some rumors and false information are being created and shared on social media."

Between 75 and 80 workers at an Omaha meatpacking plant were detained in an ICE raid on Tuesday, officials said. The raid sparked confusion, anger and fear throughout Nebraska. 🔗 buff.ly/5nChMLF

Our story on this morning’s ICE raid at an Omaha meatpacking plant.

Nebraska school districts reject transfer applications from students with IEPs at massively disproportionate rates despite a state law that bars them from considering disabilities in their admission standards. Reported w/ @LaurenWReports of @The74. flatwaterfreepress.org/shot-down-at-e…

It was great to partner with @jeremyjturley on this project and write about Nebraska special education again! Students with disabilities were denied option enrollment at high rates in 2023-24 — and in 40 districts, only special ed kids were rejected: the74million.org/article/despit…

Fewer than 95,000 Omahans voted in the city elections this week. That's the lowest turnout in any general election since 2013 when Jean Stothert won her first mayoral race. Ewing and Stothert are both in favor of axing low-turnout off-cycle elections. flatwaterfreepress.org/as-omaha-linco…