The U.S. military said on Tuesday it will allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain migrants at Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado, further widening the Pentagon's role in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

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.

Democratic Gov. Jared Polis and state Republican lawmakers are asking local authorities to more closely cooperate with federal immigration authorities to deport certain people living in the country illegally.

A US military base in Aurora, Colorado, will be used to process and temporarily house migrants facing deportation, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement steps up raids under President Donald Trump’s sweeping crackdown.