Democrat U.S. Rep. Jason Crow thinks using Buckley Space Force Base to proces criminal illegal aliens apprehended for deportation is an insult to the men and women who serve there.
He hasn’t challenged Pete Hegseth to a duel yet, but he is threatening something called “oversight,” which means he will watch it happen and continue to bitch about it without offering other solutions.
Like processing them at the local jail, or building an entirely new federal facility just like the Buckley Base for zillions more in taxpayer dollars, only call it something else like permanent migrant housing.
The administration says those stationed there will not even encounter the detainees or do any of the work with Homeland Security officials.
But Crow is still throwing a hissy fit.
“Pulling our military into politicized and contentious domestic immigration enforcement dishonors the service of our troops and distracts them from the important work of defending our nation,” Crow said.
“Perhaps most disturbingly, it could force our servicemembers to assist in the detention and deportation of peaceful members of the community,” Crow said.
Instead, Crow would rather Republicans continue the Biden administration policy of allowing criminal illegal aliens to roam free in our communities, committing crimes against fellow migrants and U.S. citizens.
My statement on Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, CO, being used for mass deportation efforts: pic.twitter.com/8lF8l9VYIZ
— Rep. Jason Crow (@RepJasonCrow) January 29, 2025
The New York Times reports this, so it must be true:
No military personnel are to be involved in processing and detaining “criminal aliens within the U.S.,” the Northern Command said in a statement. But deportation officers will benefit from the sprawling base’s infrastructure and overall security.
The immigration service requested and received “a temporary operations center, staging area, and a temporary holding location for the receiving, holding, and processing of illegal aliens,” according to the Northern Command.
The base was never intended to be used to house criminal illegal aliens, because the purpose of Trump’s deportation plan is to deport them, not construct micro communities like Denver Mayor Mike Johnston.