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Salt Lake City residents demand council block potential ICE detention center; council promises review
Summary
Dozens of residents used the council’s public comment period to press elected leaders to oppose reports that ICE may convert a local warehouse into a large detention facility; speakers demanded formal resolutions, reporting requirements and legal support for impacted residents while council members said they are reviewing policy options and a task force request.
Dozens of Salt Lake City residents used the council’s public comment hour to urge elected leaders to take concrete steps to prevent a proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility from opening in the city.
At the council’s formal meeting, speakers — including MJ Powell, Kylie Aquina and TJ (Tai Young) — said a local warehouse owned by the Ritchie Group has been mentioned in public reporting and activist documents as a potential site for conversion to a large detention center. “Residents recently mobilized after learning that a warehouse owned by the Ritchie Group may be under consideration,” said MJ Powell during public comment. Several speakers repeated a claim…
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