LINCOLN- Immigrant advocates in Nebraska are gearing up for the possibility of a mass deportation operation, flash workplace raids or other events that would cause upheaval in the state’s immigrant communities. The statewide Las Voces Nebraska organization plans a virtual summit with speaker panels of legal, educational, religious, mental health, and other community representatives for September 7.

Las Voces leaders say the Nebraska action plan is a response to events that have occurred locally and could happen again in the Cornhusker state. They added that immigration-related crackdowns have occurred under Democratic and Republican administrations alike.

Rebecca Gonzales, co-founder of Las Voces, said that while advocates and others in those earlier years developed community response plans, those plans need updating.

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