Salt Lake City’s resistance to a federal immigration jail seen as an opening for Evanston

Jail would have the capacity to hold 500 undocumented immigrants detained by ICE while they await court hearings in Salt Lake City.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents patrol for undocumented immigrants in Utah County Jail in Spanish Fork on Wednesday March 12, 2008, regularly visiting the jail to determine who to process and how quickly.

Salt Lake City’s resistance to a federal immigration jail seen as an opening for Evanston

Jail would have the capacity to hold 500 undocumented immigrants detained by ICE while they await court hearings in Salt Lake City.

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