Military officials have opened Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to process and temporarily house detained immigrants. U.S. Northern Command opened the base to ICE on Monday at the request of the U.

The U.S. military is providing facilities at Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to process detained migrants. That's according to a spokesperson for the U.

The Buckley Space Force Base generated $2.6 billion of local economic impact in 2024, $50 million more than the impact seen last year, officials said.

U.S. Northern Command began providing facilities at Buckley Space Force Base at the request of the Department of Homeland Security on Monday for immigration operations, a spokesperson told FOX31 on Tuesday.

A Colorado military installation is now being used as a holding and processing facility for detained migrants as the Trump administration ramps up mass arrests across the country.

The former Air Force base is “providing facilities” for staging and detention at the request of the Department of Homeland Security.