Among President Trump’s many immigration policies implemented since he took office, his plan for mass deportations has rattled migrant communities in Colorado and beyond.

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.

Former ICE official John Fabbricatore told Newsweek: "We're serious about how we're going to treat these terrorist[s] and gangs."

U.S. officials told CBS News that the Denver area is among the next targets for stepped-up immigration arrest operations by ICE.

Undocumented immigrants have rights during arrests, a local hotline to detect ICE raids and other tools to handle deportations.

WASHINGTON • The U.S. military said Tuesday it will allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain migrants at Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, further widening the Pentagon’s role in

President Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday to build a massive facility at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba to house deported migrants—following an escalation across the country in recent days as part of what Trump has promised would be the “largest deportation operation” in U.S. history.

Drug Enforcement Administration officials said many of the immigrants were connected to Tren de Aragua and are in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.

Two illegal aliens tied to Mexican cartels and approximately 130,000 fentanyl pills, heroin, cocaine and meth were discovered during a drug bust in the Denver, Colorado, area.

Also Tuesday, Colorado Public Radio and CBS4 were among outlets that reported the U.S. military was preparing space at Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora for staging, processing and temporary holding of “criminal aliens” detained in ICE operations, according to a U.S. Northern Command statement.

The Larimer County Sheriff's office, Fort Collins and Loveland police issued statements saying they do not enforce federal immigration laws.

Colorado immigrant rights groups and local officials are bracing for the possibility that President Donald Trump’s threatened “Operation Aurora” to round up and deport immigrants who have committed crimes will soon begin.