Seeking answers, Salt Lake City hears crickets from feds on planned ICE warehouse

Shakeups continue at the Department of Homeland Security as Salt Lake City waits to learn the fate of a massive planned ICE detention center.

By: Annie Knox

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: April 24, 2026

Words: 742

Last Updated: 3 months ago

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If they are sticking to their plan of converting a Utah warehouse into one of the nation’s largest immigrant detention centers, federal officials are keeping the details to themselves — or at least not sharing them with leaders in heavily blue Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall, who opposes the project, hasn’t learned any more about the particulars after she met with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials last month, a …

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