Red state lawmakers up in arms after being blindsided by secret deal to build ICE facility

A secret deal to fund an ICE detention center has been uncovered by state lawmakers in Utah who were left furious at the hushed negotiations.

The Hill reported ICE secretly paid $145 million for a detention center, and the deal was so quiet that even Utah lawmakers didn't know it was happening. The center was proposed as an 830,000-square-foot Salt Lake City warehouse. Councilmember Eva Lopez Chavez told the outlet that the Utah congressional delegation learned of the center's plans by reading about them in the paper.