ICE is abandoning plans for its Salt Lake City mega-center, but it’s not slowing down in Utah

ICE has called off plans for a detention mega-center in Utah, but that doesn’t mean it has less of a presence in the state.

By: Annie Knox

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: August 28, 2026

Words: 800

Last Updated: 16 hours, 38 minutes ago

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Federal officials have called off their plan to convert a Salt Lake City warehouse into a sprawling detention center, but that doesn’t mean immigration enforcers have less of a presence in the state.

“That could not be further from the truth,” said Utah immigration attorney Christopher Vizcardo.

Vizcardo is the lawyer who answers at a South Jordan-based law firm when someone calls about a loved one who’s been arrested and detained …

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