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Anger and calls for oversight at council meeting over ICE facility; administration says ICE says it is in compliance
Summary
Dozens of residents urged Ogden leaders to investigate alleged operational changes at a nearby ICE processing facility, citing FOIA/DHS data and photographs suggesting overnight holds and visible unloading. The administration said it has been in contact with ICE and that the agency asserts the site is for processing only; councilmembers requested inspections and scheduled follow‑up work to review evidence and possible next steps.
Dozens of Ogden residents, educators and activists packed a March 24 council meeting to press elected officials for action over operations at a nearby U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility. Speakers presented FOIA/DHS‑derived data, photographs and personal accounts they say show the facility holding people beyond permitted hours and operating at greater intensity than when its conditional use permit was issued in 2000.
Before public comment began, Chief Administrative Officer Mara Brown told the chamber the city had contacted the ICE field office and had been told the site is used for processing only and that individuals are not held overnight. “At this time, it appears that ICE is in full compliance with the conditional use permit that was issued 26 years ago,” Brown said, adding that federal supremacy limits a city’s…
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