One Utahn who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Salt Lake City was first taken to Wyoming, then Nevada, California, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi before finally landing in Guatemala.⁠
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Another was picked up in West Valley City and moved 19 times before eventually being released.⁠
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Since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, ICE has arrested and detained more than 7,400 people in Utah — about the population of Nephi. And almost 95% of those people were later moved to detention facilities out of state, according to early August numbers from the Deportation Data Project.⁠
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(✍️: Andy Larsen, Jose Davila IV | 📸: Christopher Cherrington, @samuelsski27)