Nebraska Gov. Pillen Faces Scrutiny Over Family Farm’s Undocumented Workers

Nebraska governor backs Trump’s immigration crackdown, but his family farms reportedly hired undocumented workers

Jim Pillen spent three decades building a hog operation from 60 sows on a dirt lot into one of the nation’s largest pork producers before he became Nebraska’s governor. That same company, Pillen Family Farms, has employed undocumented workers for more than a decade. At the same time, Pillen has aligned himself with President Trump’s immigration crackdown. A joint investigation from Flatwater Free Press and The New York Times found that at least …

Gov. Pillen accused of hiring undocumented workers at his family farms

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Today, the New York Times released an article alongside Flatwater Free Press regarding Gov. Jim Pillen, his stance on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and his family’s business. The article, titled “As He Backs ICE Crackdown, Nebraska Governor Employs Undocumented Workers”, states that Pillen’s hog company, Pillen Family Farms, allegedly hired undocumented workers. Over the past...

The hypocrisy scandal a Nebraska Republican tried to keep secret

Nebraska Republican Gov. Jim Pillen claimed he was intent on cracking down on undocumented immigrants in his state, but when it came time, that's who he hired. “The need for going after those criminal illegal aliens could not be more clear today," Pillen said in his January state of the state address. But the New York Times caught the Republican using undocumented laborers for his family's pork processing plant. According to the report, Pillen h…

Pillen faces blowback on Nebraska immigration stance, releases ‘Pillen Playbook 2.0’ platform

LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is facing pushback from the challengers to his reelection bid over his immigration stance as a new Flatwater Free Press investigation states his family ag operation has long hired undocumented laborers. The Flatwater report, released Wednesday in partnership with The New York Times, states Pillen’s hog business has employed migrant […]

Republican Governor Has Long History of Hiring Undocumented Workers

Republican Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen, a staunch supporter of President Trump’s extreme immigration crackdown, relied on undocumented Hispanic labor to build his multimillion dollar pig-farming business, according to The New York Times. As governor, Pillen has made Nebraska law enforcement collaborate with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, turned a former prison into an immigration center called the “Cornhusker Clink,” and referred to undo…

Gov. Pillen backs ICE crackdown. His company employs undocumented workers.

Court records and interviews reveal Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen's hog farms employed undocumented workers while he backed Trump's immigration crackdown.