The proclamation comes as President Joe Biden recently announced a plan to address gun violence. A growing number of Nebraska counties have adopted similar "sanctuary" resolutions.

 Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts on Tuesday rejected a request from the Biden Administration to house displaced migrant children in the state.

As someone descended from Irish and German immigrants, Sen. Mike Groene said he considered himself a mongrel, and said others in the community where he grew up proudly saw themselves that way, too.

Media of Nebraska, in a two-page letter Friday, offered to meet with the governor to work out "a reasonable approach" to providing media access.

Gov. Kristi Noem said Wednesday that South Dakota won’t accept “illegal immigrants,” but she is not one of the governors President Joe Biden has reached out to for help in housing migrant children.