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ICE’s spending on weaponry has soared more than 700 percent this year (www.motherjones.com)

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement has increased weapons spending by 700% since Trump's January 2025 inauguration, with $71.5 million spent on "small arms, ordnance and ordnance accessories" through October 18, 2025[^1]. The purchases include chemical weapons, guided missile warheads, explosive components, and a $9.1 million order of semi-automatic and automatic rifles from Geissele Automatics[^1].

This arms buildup coincides with increased ICE violence, including shooting a pastor with pepper balls, accidentally shooting a U.S. Marshal during an arrest, and firing chemical agents at journalists[^1]. For comparison, ICE spent just $5.7 million on weapons through October 2019, and averaged $8.4 million annually during Trump's first term[^1].

[^1]: Mother Jones - ICE's spending on weaponry has soared more than 700 percent this year

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

guided missile warheads

what the fuck does ICE need those for?? they apprehend people in the country illegally (at least they're supposed to).

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why do they need fully automatic weapons, either?

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Why do they need weapons at all? An undocumented person is very unlikely to be armed.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Get ready. Fights coming.