Gov. Pete Ricketts says Nebraskans will not be asked about their immigration status as part of a new partnership with private companies to expand testing capacity.

The "Test Nebraska" initiative is based on an online assessment Ricketts says all Nebraskans should take.

Ricketts hosted a news conference with Spanish translation Tuesday evening, where a reporter asked the question about immigration status.

"Immigration status will never be asked for or checked," Ricketts said. "Please don’t let anybody do that."

The "Test Nebraska" program will set up testing sites across the state based on the online assessment results. The tests will be free.

Earlier in the day at the governor’s regular daily press conference, a reporter asked Ricketts to respond to a tweet from President Trump saying he would halt all immigration into the U.S.

"Obviously the President is seeing data I am not with regard to immigration," Ricketts said. "But certainly we are going to look for abuses of the immigration system here in Nebraska to make sure we aren’t bringing in people that could potentially be spreading the virus here in our state.”

NPR reports the Trump administration has drafted an executive order to suspend immigration for 60 days.