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Salt Lake City lawsuit is latest against DHS' plan to use giant warehouses to detain immigrants
- Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County filed a federal lawsuit challenging DHS’s plan to open a large migrant detention warehouse.
- The lawsuit claims DHS failed to conduct environmental reviews or obtain input from Utah and local officials before the purchase.
- The 833,000-square-foot facility is priced at $145.4 million and is the costliest property in DHS’s initiative.
- DHS says it will work with community leaders and is pausing new warehouse purchases pending review.
- The case is part of a broader wave of lawsuits in several states challenging the plan and its environmental impact.
- The purchase occurred in the final weeks of Secretary Kristi Noem’s tenure, under a plan to expand bed capacity and deportations.
- Local officials warn the facility could strain water supplies and public utilities and impact health and safety.
- State and local officials argue the plan conflicts with community values and infrastructure.
- Other cases against DHS detention plans are unfolding in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and beyond.
- The initiative seeks to increase bed capacity and deportations under Secretary Noem’s plan.
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