Report: ICE increases weapons spending by 700%

ICE’s spending on weaponry has soared more than 700 percent this year

The $71.5 million spent so far has paid for guns and armor, chemical munitions, “guided missile warheads,” and “explosive components.”

ICE Arms Up: Weapons Spending Jumps Sevenfold

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has increased spending on weapons in 2025 by roughly 700 percent compared to 2024. ... The post ICE Arms Up: Weapons Spending Jumps Sevenfold appeared first on The New American.

Trump’s ICE jacks up weapons spending by 700%—including ‘guided missile warheads’

This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Oct. 20, 2025. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. The $170 billion in new funding for immigration enforcement operations that the Republican Party included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act earlier this year led some to warn that the Trump administration was ramping up spending at anti-immigration agencies not just to fund its attacks on migrants, but to deploy…

Trump has spent 700 percent more on deadly weapons for ICE this year

Immigration agency spent more than $70 million in the first nine months of the year on small arms and ordnance as it ramped up its crackdown on undocumented migrants, data reveals

'Guided Missile Warheads'?!? ICE Spent 700% More On Weapons

Donald Trump is reportedly spending millions more on weapons for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to descend on American cities and give them “guided missile warheads.” Independent journalist Judd Legum of Popular Information reports that between Trump's inauguration and October 18th, spending in the small arms category totaled $71,515,762. 'Most of the spending was on guns and armor, but there have also been significant purchases …

Kristi Noem's ICE spends fortune on chemical weapons and guided missile warheads

The $170 billion in new funding for immigration enforcement operations that the Republican Party included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act earlier this year led some to warn that the Trump administration was ramping up spending at anti-immigration agencies not just to fund its attacks on migrants, ...