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ICE Gulag in SLC. What could possibly go wrong?
Smart Bomb: The completely unnecessary news analysis
So, Wilson, did you hear about the backdoor deal that ICE made to buy a gigantic warehouse on Salt Lake City's West Side to use as an immigrant detention center? Gov. Spencer Cox thinks it's a splendid idea. We need it, he said, because Joe Biden let all those illegal aliens in here.
Damn that Biden. Anyway, the warehouse deal was so far under the radar that none of Utah's congressional delegation knew about it. Cox didn't either, but he's still happy we're getting the 833,000 square foot warehouse, which set taxpayers back $145.4 million.
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