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 decision to allow law enforcement officers to use facilities at Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, Colo., plunges the U.S. military deeper into President Trump’s order to secure the southwestern border.

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.