ICE detains Kearney entrepreneur with deep Nebraska ties

By: Cindy Gonzalez

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: March 24, 2026

Words: 1,162

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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OMAHA — When Nebraskan Rose Godinez chose a legal career, she was motivated by the opportunity to help immigrants, including some of her own family, knock down barriers to realizing their American dream.

Today the Lexington-raised attorney — who recently directed the legal team for the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska — is confronted with perhaps her most trying predicament yet.

Older brother Carlos Godinez, who has lived in Nebraska all but the first …

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