US EditionICE Purchases $145M Salt Lake City Warehouse, Sparking Local Outcry
ICE plans to convert an 830,000-square-foot warehouse into a detention center, expecting nearly 9,900 jobs and $238 million in tax revenue, amid local opposition.
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Hundreds descend on ICE warehouse to protest SLC detention center; demonstration ends with vandalism
Within an hour of the protest's start, the crowd had at least tripled in size. Although most of the demonstration was peaceful, tensions flared as it drew to a close.
Red state lawmakers up in arms after being blindsided by secret deal to build ICE facility
A secret deal to fund an ICE detention center has been uncovered by state lawmakers in Utah who were left furious at the hushed negotiations. The Hill reported ICE secretly paid $145 million for a detention center, and the deal was so quiet that even Utah lawmakers didn't know it was happening. The center was proposed as an 830,000-square-foot Salt Lake City warehouse. Councilmember Eva Lopez Chavez told the outlet that the Utah congressional de…
The deportation agency ICE needs more prisons for migrants. In Utah, the government has now acquired a warehouse. On site, there is opposition – also against the seller: a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank.
ICE purchases $145M Salt Lake City warehouse, sparking local outcry
SALT LAKE, Utah (KIFI) — The Department of Homeland Security has officially purchased a massive warehouse on the west side of Salt Lake City, confirming months of speculation and marking the establishment of the first ICE detention center in the state of Utah. The federal government purchased the nearly 25-acre property for $145 million. According to CNN, the deed of sale identifies the seller as the holding group R-REEF CPIF. In a formal statem…
Idaho Capital Sun
Dailyfly - Lewis Clark Valley NewsICE buys a Salt Lake City warehouse with plans for a new detention center
A warehouse purchased by U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement at 6020 W. 300 South in Salt Lake City is pictured on Friday, March 13, 2026. (McKenzie Romero/Utah News Dispatch)A Salt Lake City warehouse is the latest in the nation to be purchased by U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement as the Trump administration plans a $45 billion expansion of detention centers. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, and a Delaw…
Idaho State Journal
Idaho Press'Many families will now live under constant terror': ICE buys Salt Lake City warehouse for detention center as local officials vow to fight back
A Salt Lake City warehouse is the latest in the nation to be purchased by U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement as the Trump administration plans a $45 billion expansion of
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