Utah Leaders React as Salt Lake City's ICE Facility Seems to be Off the Table
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Federal DHS says it will use existing detention space, casting doubt on Salt Lake City’s planned ICE detention facility, a development reported by the New York Times. Utah leaders offered mixed responses: Senate Minority Leader Luz Escamilla called the news welcome and criticized rights violations in such facilities; Rep. Matt MacPherson said a facility could help free jail space and would like to see the federal government proceed; Gov. Spencer Cox hasn’t commented, and there has been no official federal word on future plans.
- Utah leaders respond to new ICE facility developments in Salt Lake KSL.com
- ICE Spent $700 Million on 7 Warehouses. Now It Wants to Get Rid of Them. The New York Times
- DHS scraps plans to turn Georgia warehouse into detention mega center, city says CNN
- Revolt in small Georgia town appears to ward off ICE detention center The Guardian
- DHS to Scrap Use of Seven Warehouses for Detention Centers WSJ
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