Nebraska governor says undocumented meatpacking workers will not receive vaccine Nebraska’s Republican Governor Peter Ricketts has announced that the state government will “prioritize citizens and legal residents ahead of illegal immigrants” in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, according to Taylor Gage, the governor’s communications director. The revelation of Nebraska’s decision to divide vaccine administration by citizenship status came after Ricketts was questioned during a press conference on Monday on whether undocumented workers in the state’s meatpacking plants would receive the vaccine. A Health Department worker fills a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine before administering it to emergency medical workers and healthcare personnel. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)