ICE plans to offload Salt Lake City warehouse, report says

By: Annie Knox, Katie McKellar

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: June 18, 2026

Words: 889

Last Updated: 1 month ago


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In more than three months since the federal government bought a $145 million Utah warehouse for use as a large-scale immigration detention center, the most activity that’s taken place at the site has happened during protests and in a back lot borrowed by a neighboring business for storage.

Now the Department of Homeland Security is reported to be offloading similar facilities around the country, with The New York Times reporting Thursday that seven …