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Residents press Ogden council on ICE facility behavior and request CUP review; city says it will validate data
Summary
Multiple residents urged Ogden leaders to investigate ICE detentions at a leased facility, citing alleged overnight holds and conditional-use-permit violations; the mayor said staff have reviewed available datasets, will seek clarity from ICE, remind the facility of CUP conditions, and pursue validation of data with county and health department partners.
Several Ogden residents used the city council’s public-comment period on May 19 to urge the council and administration to investigate allegations that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contractor is violating the facility’s conditional use permit (CUP) and that people have been detained overnight.
Kim Haslam told the council that people in the community “are being targeted, detained, and taken from their families,” and asked whether the city could treat the leased facility like any other business that violates its CUP and ask the planning commission to re-evaluate or revoke the permit. She said the health department received complaints and that she was surprised the conditional-use-permit issues have not been discussed in planning commission meetings.
Emily Fox, an Ogden resident, urged the council to explore alternatives to arrest for nonviolent infractions that can lead to escalation and family disruption. Other speakers raised related concerns about community impacts and data transparency.
The mayor and administration responded that city staff have reviewed the datasets citizens referenced, identified some potential data-entry errors on a small number of overnight-stay entries, and directed the police chief to seek clarification from ICE. The mayor said the city would “remind them of the conditions of the CUP, of the conditional use permit, and, push them to hold within compliance of that permit.” He added that the city has also tried to validate data with the county and would listen to any other data ICE provides.
Council members and staff urged verifying the information before taking enforcement action; the mayor said the city is not ignoring the community’s concerns but is pursuing confirmation of facts through departmental review and interagency coordination, including the health department and county partners.
No immediate regulatory action (such as revocation of a CUP) was taken at the May 19 meeting; residents said they will continue to press the issue and seek planning-commission review and additional intergovernmental inquiries.
