OMAHA- President-elect Donald Trump has long promised a crackdown on illegal immigration, including the largest mass deportation operation in the country’s history. If Trump succeeds in his plans to return undocumented immigrants to their previous countries, critics say, the plan could send shock waves through the state from South Omaha to western Nebraska.

Though advocates are hopeful that legal and economic challenges to Trump’s proposed plans could diminish the effects, legal aid and advocacy organizations are preparing for the “worst case scenario,” Anna Deal, the legal director at Nebraska’s Center for Immigrant and Refugee Advancement, said. Approximately 40,000 undocumented immigrants are living in Nebraska. However, that number is likely an undercount due to the difficulty of surveying people living in the country illegally. The number could range anywhere from 25,000 to 75,000, according to a 2023 report from Pew Research.

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