SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson has sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security asking them not to use a recently-purchased SLC warehouse as an immigrant detention center.
Last month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) purchased a warehouse at 6020 W and 300 S in Salt Lake City, later confirming that it would be used as a large-scale immigrant detention center.
Recent reports indicate that the warehouse purchase and other DHS contracts are paused pending review, since former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was fired…