LINCOLN- More than 60 Nebraska organizations converged Wednesday at the State Capitol to announce a unified resolve to change state and federal policies in ways that would swing the door open for more immigrants to work and settle in as Cornhuskers. Among the representatives was Bryan Slone, president of the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who said he wouldn’t have thought two years ago that such broad support could be harnessed for immigration-related shifts.

The group that gathered atop the west steps of the building where Nebraska law is made grew out of a smaller coalition formed two years ago by leaders of the chamber and Omaha Together One Community, a religious-based network formed three decades ago to advocate for social justice issues. Darcy Tromanhauser, Nebraska Appleseed’s director of immigrant integration and civic participation, said the key at this point was to establish broad support among varied industries and political persuasions.

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