Salt Lake County mayor urges DHS to reconsider site of planned ICE facility, requests ‘better path forward’

The county doesn’t want an ICE ‘mega-center,’ Mayor Jenny Wilson tells the new Homeland Security secretary. But the mayor asks for collaboration with the federal government.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson gives her State of The County Address at the Clark Planetarium, on Tuesday, Feb 4, 2025. Wilson sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin last week, urging the secretary to reconsider the site of a planned ICE facility in Salt Lake City.

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