Salt Lake City, county, sue feds to stop ICE detention center from coming online

Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Monday in an attempt to keep a massive warehouse on the city’s west side from transforming into a detention center that could hold up to 10,000 people. 

County and city leaders raised concerns Monday ranging from overtaxed city water and sewer systems to the potential spread of measles, air pollution, and a ramped-up police presence needed at the more than 830,000-square-foot building near the Salt Lake City International Airport.