Immigration is a hot topic in this election year, but stats and officials say it’s been good for Nebraska

A few years back, a lucky tip came my way about an impending immigration raid in O’Neill.

I don’t recall a lot of details about what was expected to happen, but the tip was “you’d better be there tomorrow morning.”

As I drove up Highway 281 toward the northcentral Nebraska town, I settled in behind what seemed like an endless line of SUVs with blackened windows also driving northward.

It turned out t…