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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Trump has spent 700 percent more on deadly weapons for ICE this year - but agency still claims they can’t afford bodycams

ICE has spent more than $70 million on new weapons in the first nine months of President Donald Trump’s second term, a 700 percent increase on the same period in 2024, according to a report.

Citing records from the Federal Procurement Data System, Popular Information reports that the immigration force, which answers to Kristi Noem’s Department of Homeland Security, spent $71,515,762 on purchases of “small arms, ordnance and ordnance accessories manufacturing” between January 20 and October 18.

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