Despite Gov. Spencer Cox’s wishes, Utah does not have an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center. Detainees arrested in Utah are often taken to ICE facilities near Denver and Las Vegas. But some local jails have long partnered with the federal government to house on a short-term basis detainees arrested by ICE.
The jails in Salt Lake, Tooele and Washington counties have agreements with the U.S. Marshals Service that allow ICE to bring detainees into their facilities.
This is separate from 287(g) agreements, in which local law enforcement agencies collaborate with ICE to carry out limited immigration enforcement…