Officials with the U.S. Northern Command said that they started work Monday to prepare Buckley for use by Homeland Security as a temporary detention center.
How many people arrested Sunday were connected to the TdA gang is unclear, but DEA officials said the number was in the dozens.
Undocumented immigrants have rights during arrests, a local hotline to detect ICE raids and other tools to handle deportations.
Federal agents interrupted a party at a "makeshift nightclub" north of Denver early Sunday morning and arrested almost 50 people of undetermined immigration status, a large number of whom are reportedly affiliated with the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang.
Drug Enforcement Administration officials said many of the immigrants were connected to Tren de Aragua and are in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.
Local immigration raids could begin on Thursday in Aurora as President Donald Trump’s administration targets a growing number of cities, according to a natio
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) postponed an immigration crackdown operation in Aurora, Colorado claiming knowledge of the effort had spread throughout the community and agents could be affected.
Federal law enforcement agencies, joined by local partners, raided what the Drug Enforcement Agency called a "makeshift nightclub" in Adams County on Sunday, resulting in 49 people arrested.
Federal agencies working in California pledged cooperation in immigration enforcement operations and posted photos of people being taken into custody.
A large immigration crackdown planned for Thursday in Aurora was postponed after publicity about the effort spread throughout the community, worrying federal agencies that they had been compromised.
ICE set up a “temporary operations center, staging area and a temporary holding location for the receiving, holding and processing” of detainees, military officials said in the