Immigration

For years, many people have assumed that climate change will send massive waves of “climate refugees” across borders around the world. But Jan Freihardt, a political scientist at ETH Zurich, says the reality is far more complicated. Studying communities along the Jamuna River in Bangladesh—where floods and erosion regularly destroy homes and farmland—Freihardt has followed families trying to decide whether to stay, move a little, or start over somewhere else. Distant migration is the option of last resort — and often not an option at all.

In other news, an aquarium and a gymnastics meet are two of the latest measles exposure sites in Utah. And, northern Utah travelers will see delays and closures this weekend.

Amidst recent funding cuts, the connection has hired a new executive director: Karina Brown.

Democrats say the process of getting federal disaster funds has been slowed by the Department of Homeland Security — the same department currently under scrutiny for immigration enforcement.

At least 75 local businesses closed, closed early, or donated proceeds as part of a protest against the current immigration crackdown, especially in Minneapolis.

In other news, new technology helped find previously unmapped fault lines in central Utah. And, a former Utah meteorologist died in a plane crash on Tuesday.

An alleged leaked document said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement planned to tour a warehouse in Utah's capital as a possibility for a massive 7,500-bed detention center.

In other news, a plan to rezone 80 acres of land near Great Salt Lake failed to get a recommendation from the Salt Lake City Planning Commission. However, that doesn't mean the plan is dead.

On Oct. 29, Cache County residents crowded the Logan Library to learn more about ICE from Cache County Sheriff Chad Jensen, and the chief of the Logan City Police Department, Jeff Simmons.

We revisit our conversation with Freeman Ng, author of "Bridge Across The Sky," a young adult novel in verse based on the Chinese immigration experience through Angel Island in the early 1900s.