Gov. Cox says he supports ICE detention center in Utah

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said he was not given any notice that the Department of Homeland Security was purchasing a warehouse in Salt Lake City to use as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center. Despite his frustrations with the lack of notice from President Donald Trump’s administration, Cox said he supports having an ICE detention center in Utah. The Utah governor said such a center is necessary in the West, as several states, he argued, lack space to hold migrant detainees. Cox said he’d discussed establishing a detention center in the state with President Joe Biden’s administration prior to Trump taking office again. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/03/19/utah-officials-were-not-told-ice