US military allows Colorado base to hold detainees in immigrant roundup
US military allows Colorado base to hold detainees in immigrant roundup
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Buckley space force base in Aurora will be used by Ice to process and detain undocumented immigrants. The US military is allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to process and detain arrested undocumented immigrants at Buckley space force base in Colorado, according to multiple reports and a statement by the US Northern Command on Tuesday.
A spokesperson for the US Northern Command said in a statement shared by CBS News on Tuesday that, at the request of the Department of Homeland Security, facilities at Buckley space force base in Aurora, Colorado, had been made available to Ice officials for immigration operations starting on Monday 27 January.
The facilities are being provided to “enable US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to stage and process criminal aliens within the US for an operation taking place in Colorado”, according to the statement. No military personnel will be involved in the operation, the statement reads, adding that the facility will be staffed by “ICE senior leaders, special agents, and analysts as well as members of DHS components and other federal law enforcement agencies”.
The spokesperson noted that Ice’s facility requirements include a temporary operations center, staging area and a temporary holding location for the receiving, holding and processing of undocumented immigrants. Representative Jason Crow, a Democrat of Colorado, released a statement on Wednesday morning, saying that he was “deeply concerned” about the reports that Buckley space force base, which is in his district, is being used for mass deportation efforts.
