Nebraska Gov. Says Illegal Immigrants at Meatpacking Plants Won’t Be Getting COVID-19 Vaccine

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts speaks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland, on Feb. 24, 2017. Mike Theiler/AFP/Getty Images

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts said at a news conference Monday that illegal immigrants at meatpacking plants won’t be getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

Ricketts’s remark came in response to a question if illegal immigrants employed at such facilities would be part of groups of workers getting inoculated under Nebraska’s vaccination program.