Articles
Every news story and public document this record draws on, newest first. The last column says what each one establishes.
| Date | Outlet | Story | What it shows |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | Salt Lake Tribune | Moroni ICE arrests: police chief apologizes, plans to reconsider ICE agreement | Five stops Sept. 30 in Moroni, Mount Pleasant, Fountain Green; Chief Gray's apology; task-force 287(g) signed Aug. 4; DHS's list of the five's records |
| 2026-10-09 | KSL | ICE says it values its accord with Utah police department | DHS statement; 11 sheriff's offices and three city departments have agreements |
| 2026-10-07 | KSL | North Valley Police reconsidering accord with ICE after Sept. 30 ride-alongs | Gray: ICE tactics 'did not coincide with our values'; does not know where the five went |
| 2026-10-07 | KUTV | North Valley PD to reevaluate agreement with ICE | Same |
| 2026-10-06 | ProPublica | More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained in Trump's Immigration Crackdown | 506 citizens detained; 36 held a day or more without contact; about a dozen deported; 70+ children; one Salt Lake City case |
| 2026-10-04 | Salt Lake Tribune | Moroni ICE enforcement: 5 people taken into custody | School absences (80 of 400; 56); resident: 'They're hiding out'; Deputy Chief Ludvigson |
| 2026-10-02 | KUTV | Five arrested in Moroni immigration operation; ICE says businesses not targeted | ICE: 'five illegal aliens'; 'no local businesses were targeted' |
| 2026-10-01 | Sanpete Messenger | Immigration enforcement operation reported at Moroni turkey plant | Workers' accounts; plate lights that worked; 30% of plant reported next day; families calling the locator |
| 2026-09-28 | Salt Lake Tribune | 'They disappear': ICE shuttles Utah detainees all over the country | 95% out of state; 4.6 facilities; one man moved 19 times; 70% of out-of-state stays over 72 hours |
| 2026-09-23 | Salt Lake Tribune / Times-Independent | ICE arrested 4 people in Moab; sheriff criticizes lack of notice | Grand County sheriff: 'will not be helping in those efforts' |
| 2026-09-04 | KUER | Utah ICE arrests keep climbing. New data shows where | 3,467 arrests Jan. to July; 27% no charge or conviction; 54% of at-large; West Valley 793 |
| 2026-08-28 | Salt Lake Tribune | Ogden ICE arrest captured on video | Ogden officer engaged a driver until an ICE agent arrested him; body camera off |
| 2026-08-20 | KPCW | ICE no longer intends to turn Salt Lake City warehouse into detention center | Government told the court July 17 it would dispose of the warehouse |
| 2026-07-10 | KUER | In viral video, ICE appears to make warrantless arrest inside a Salt Lake home | Rose Park home entry on video; a teenage U.S. citizen restrained and released; lawyer: no home entry without a warrant absent an emergency |
| 2026-06-19 | KUTV | ICE appears to pursue county jail space rather than Salt Lake facility | Sheriffs' Association: ICE seeks beds across county jails through a Marshals-contract rider; Weber in talks |
| 2026-06-08 | KSL | Salt Lake City and County sue DHS, ICE over warehouse | $145.4 million purchase; 7,500 to 10,000 capacity |
| 2026-05-14 | Daily Herald | Utah County Sheriff Mike Smith reaffirms support for agreement with ICE | 'We have a seat at the table'; 'We're not doing ICE's job' |
| 2026-05-05 | Salt Lake Tribune | ICE detains Utah man days before he was going to propose | Park City man, 22, brought to the U.S. at age one; no record beyond a traffic citation; moved to Wyoming |
| 2026-04-01 | KUER | Utah ICE arrests appear to be more targeted | 4,164 arrests in Utah in 2025, nearly four times 2024 |
| 2026-03-27 | Park Record | ICE transfers from Wasatch County jail tripled in 2025 | 36 transfers in 2024, 107 in 2025, under a warrant-service agreement |
| 2026-03-19 | Salt Lake Tribune | Utah officials were not told about ICE warehouse purchase | Cox: 'There has to be a detention facility' |
| 2026-03-05 | Salt Lake Tribune | Kevin Barros was arrested at a Utah immigration court | Approved for a juvenile visa; held 11 days across six states; released by court order |
| 2026-03-03 | Riverton Journal | Group urges removal of ICE presence in Riverton | Mayor Buroker: 'We're just not going to go after people. Never.' |
| 2026-02-13 | Utah News Dispatch | ICE making arrests in a Utah courthouse, with help from bailiffs, defense attorneys say | Courtroom arrests at the Matheson courthouse with bailiffs applying cuffs; public defenders: 'getting kidnapped out of nowhere' |
| 2026-02-05 | Stateline | Immigration detention passed 70,000 in January | 70,766 detained on Jan. 24, the most since 2019; 74.2% with no conviction |
| 2026-01-24 | Salt Lake County | Mayor Wilson responds to ICE operations and the proposed facility | 'ICE overreach has created unrest and compromised security and safety' |
| 2026-01-22 | KUTV | Utah bill to restrict ICE likely dead this session | Sen. Blouin's sensitive-locations bill tabled 6-3; Sheriffs' Association opposed |
| 2026-01-06 | Utah News Dispatch | ICE arrests in Utah in 2025 | 3,040 arrests in 2025; 17% with no record vs. 7% in 2024 |
| 2025-12-19 | Salt Lake Tribune | ICE arrests and detentions in Utah | Detentions up 170% over 2024 |
| 2025-12 | Utah Legislative Auditor General | Report 2025-30: Salt Lake County Jail capacity and public safety | Jail at 91 to 95% of capacity; 217 beds per 100,000 vs. 272 nationally; crowding and reoffense |
| 2025-09-16 | KUER | There's no ICE detention center in Utah, but some county jails hold detainees | Salt Lake County: 10 beds at $73.10; Tooele $85; Washington $82 |
| 2025-09-01 | Salt Lake Tribune | Riverton enters immigration enforcement with ICE agreement | First Utah city task-force agreement; no council vote; 'force multiplier' |
| 2025-08-21 | KPCW | Wasatch County becomes 9th Utah sheriff's office to sign ICE agreement | Sheriff Rigby: 'We call, they answer' |
| 2025-07-30 | KUER | 7 Utah sheriff's offices now have ICE agreements | Ogden, West Valley and UHP decline; Ogden chief: 'not going to be asking people's immigration status' |
| 2025-07-17 | KUER | Utah County Commission approves ICE agreements despite flood of opposition | 3.5 hours of comment; Smith: raids 'will not happen here' |
| 2025-07-03 | KSL | Millcreek green-card holder held nearly 50 days | Junior Dioses; attorney: 'someone who did everything right' |
| 2025-05-14 | KUER | Utah Department of Corrections signs new ICE agreement | Warrant service officer model |
| 2025-03-21 | Fox 13 | Numbers show the immigrants ICE is keeping in Utah jails | Salt Lake County: 196 detainers and 138 holds Jan. 20 to Mar. 18, 2025 |
| 2025-03-21 | St. George News | Washington County inks accords with ICE | First 2025 Utah 287(g) |
| 2025-02-19 | Utah News Dispatch | Salt Lake County Council votes to raise taxes for more jail beds | 248 beds; $6.4 million for 184 Oxbow beds |
| 2025-02-10 | Salt Lake Tribune | Utah schools see attendance dip | SLC district attendance 91% to 87% in January 2025; Sen. Escamilla: 'The kids are not coming' |
| 2025-01-30 | KSL | Church of Jesus Christ issues immigration statement | 'We are especially concerned about keeping families together' |
| 2025-01-22 | KUTV | Salt Lake police 'may' provide assistance to ICE | SLCPD policy: no hold on a detainer alone |
| 2025-01-08 | KPCW | Cox, Sheriffs' Association letter calls for removal of Salt Lake City ICE director | Bernacke had called Utah a 'sanctuary state' |
| 2021-03-18 | KSL | Salt Lake County sheriff creates ICE dashboard | 3,269 detainers 2016 to 2020; 909 in 2017, 308 in 2020 |
| 2017-03-23 | ACLU of Utah | Letter to Sheriff Winder on ICE detainers | Asked for judicial warrants before holds, no 287(g), no release-date sharing |
| 2014-08-25 | KUER | Salt Lake County settles immigrant detention lawsuit | Uroza: 46 days after bail; $75,000; county to stop delaying releases |
| 2014-06-19 | KUER | Ruling clarifies Utah's role in immigration enforcement | HB 497: police may not stop or detain anyone solely to verify status |
| 2010-11-11 | KSL | Utah Compact urges guidelines for immigration discussion | 'Local law enforcement resources should focus on criminal activities, not civil violations of federal code' |
| 2008-06-30 | Deseret News via Police1 | ICE to train Utah officers in 2 counties | Weber and Washington, Utah's first 287(g); SLC Chief Burbank's objection |