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Dozens urge Salt Lake City Council to refuse voluntary cooperation with ICE; mayor's office says SLCPD does not collaborate on immigration enforcement
Summary
During a lengthy general‑comment period, dozens of residents urged the council to require judicial warrants and bar use of city funds, staff, or facilities for immigration enforcement. A mayor's office representative answered that SLCPD "does not collaborate with ICE on immigration related operations" but may work with federal agencies on violent‑crime investigations.
Dozens of Salt Lake City residents used the Jan. 13 general comment hour to press the council and mayor's office to adopt formal protections against federal immigration-enforcement actions. Speakers asked the council to refuse voluntary cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), require judicial warrants before allowing federal access to city records or facilities, mandate public reporting of all interactions with federal agencies, and fund community education and oversight.
Audra Carlisle, a public educator from the Marmalade neighborhood, asked the council to "refuse voluntary cooperation with ICE" and listed specific…
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