Overview
- A leaked, unverified document circulating among advocates lists a west-side warehouse as a possible 7,500-bed immigrant detention or processing site.
- Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall told the owner in a letter that the light‑industrial property is not up to code for detention use and that local water and sewer capacity would be inadequate.
- The mayor noted any facility restraining more than 20 people would trigger requirements for additional bathrooms, exits, and fire suppression before an occupancy permit could be considered.
- County records show the 325,000‑square‑foot XR International III warehouse, owned by The Ritchie Group, is currently vacant near 6800 West and 1000 North.
- Roughly 50 to 100 protesters gathered Friday for a rumored 9 a.m. federal site visit that never occurred, as DHS reiterated it has no new detention centers to announce.