Darcy Tromanhauser

This week, Governor Jim Pillen announced that ICE has plans to repurpose a facility in McCook, Nebraska as a large-scale federal detainment camp. The 200 capacity building will be used to incarcerate up to 300 immigrant community members from Nebraska and surrounding states. This is part of a harmful, dangerous and rapid national expansion of […]

As Nebraskans, we care about our neighbors. Last Friday, Governor Pillen signed an executive order that directs Nebraska agencies to comply with the federal government’s harsh and unproductive immigration enforcement orders. This executive order focused on contributing to sweeping enforcement actions is deeply contrary to Nebraska’s values of family and community, dignity and fairness. Nebraskans

As Congress begins a new year, if you didn’t have a chance to share a message before the holidays (or even if you did!), take another moment to let Nebraska’s members of Congress hear communities’ strong support for the positive immigration policies that would support stability for longtime community members living in limbo, thriving schools

As we prepare for holiday time with family and friends, too many Nebraska neighbors are living in immigration limbo and constant uncertainty because of long outdated immigration laws – with ripple effects that impact families, workplaces, whole communities, all of us.  It doesn’t have to be this way. In fact, just weeks ago, 60+ Nebraska

Gloria! As your retirement now officially nears, we continue to celebrate you! You have planted so many powerful seeds of leadership and justice across Nebraska these past 18 years!  Thousands and thousands of Nebraskans have found their leadership, taken action, and made a difference in their communities thanks to your encouragement. (How many people reading

Children and families making the impossible decision to leave home in order to escape violence and seek safety need dignified and safe processes to do so. Seeking safety through asylum is a life-saving protection and a human right under U.S. and international law. It must continue to be honored under immigration law.  Currently Congress is

Congress is home on recess this week, and it’s a great time to tell our Nebraska delegation this is the year for full inclusion of family and longtime community members! Congress has not meaningfully updated our immigration laws in more than 35 years, causing unnecessary harm to local families and communities. Over the summer, we

We are extremely disheartened and sorry to share that this week in the Legislature, the Meatpacking Employees COVID-19 Protection Act LB241, introduced and prioritized by Senator Tony Vargas, was stopped from advancing. For practical purposes, this important bill is dead for this session. Please make one more call or email to your senator on this