Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora will not process and house detained immigrants after all, U.S. Rep. Jason Crow told reporters Monday during a news conference outside the sprawling, windswept facility.

Crow did say it could be used as a staging location for law enforcement and a coordination center for ongoing operations.

Nearly a week after U.S. Northern Command said it would provide facilities at Buckley Space Force Base at the request of the Department of Homeland Security for immigration operations, a U.S.