Salt Lake City Lawsuit Is Latest Against DHS' Plan to Use Giant Warehouses to Detain Immigrants
The city and county say the 10,000-person facility was approved through a secret process that ignored environmental and public health concerns.
- Salt Lake City has filed a lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s plan to use large warehouse facilities for immigrant detention.
- A new legal challenge in Salt Lake City targets DHS efforts to convert large warehouses into immigration detention centers.
- City officials in Salt Lake City are contesting a DHS proposal to house detained immigrants in warehouse-style facilities through a newly filed lawsuit.
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East Idaho News
Salt Lake City, county, sue feds to stop ICE detention center from coming online
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 SALT LAKE CITY (Utah News Dispatch) — Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Monday in an attempt to keep a massive warehouse on the city’s west side from transforming into a detention center that could hold up to 10,000 peo…
Salt Lake City lawsuit is latest against DHS’ plan to use giant warehouses to detain immigrants
Salt Lake City and its county have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Department of Homeland Security’s plan to open a giant warehouse in the city that would be...
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Salt Lake City lawsuit is latest against DHS' plan to use giant warehouses to detain immigrants
Salt Lake City and its county have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Department of Homeland Security’s plan to open a giant warehouse in the city that would be used to detain up to 10,000 immigrants.
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Please vote against and demand the end of those ICE detention centers — prisons that treat people like animals. All ICE people involved should be put on trial for crimes against humanity, crimes against documented and undocumented people.
Salt Lake City, County file lawsuit against DHS, ICE over 'unlawful decision' to convert warehouse to detention center
SALT LAKE CITY and COUNTY, Utah, June 8, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) — Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in an effort to “halt the unlawful decision to convert a warehouse into an immigration detention facility on the City’s west side without following federal law,” a news release from city and county officials says. “This …
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