LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska Republican Gov. Jim Pillen announced plans Tuesday for an immigration detention center in a farming area in the state's southwest corner as President Donald Trump's administration races to expand the infrastructure necessary for increasing deportations.

Pillen said he and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had agreed to use an existing minimum security prison work camp in rural McCook to house people awaiting deportation and being held for other immigration proceedings.

"This is about keeping Nebraskans -- and Americans across our country -- safe," Pillen said in a statement.

Pillen also announced he would order the Nebraska National Guard to provide administrative and logistical support to Nebraska-based immigration agents. About 20 Guard so

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