EXCLUSIVE: ICE to spend $100 million on 1,000 more SUVs to support Trump's mass deportation efforts

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Monday 25 August 2025 17:46 BST


As the Trump administration continues to transform U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement into a seemingly omnipresent occupying force in American cities, the agency is seeking to add another 1,000 customized SUVs wrapped in “ICE specific artwork,” according to a draft RFP obtained by The Independent.

“The contractor shall provide full upfit and graphic application and continually ship 100 vehicles to the government every sixty (60) calendar days after the receipt of the award,” states the request for proposals. “At a minimum the multiple IDIQ contractors shall provide up to one thousand (1,000) vehicle upfits and graphic applications.”

At that rate, it will take 20 months to fulfill the order. Interested vendors must submit capability statements by Tuesday afternoon.

The solicitation is for the modifications only; the vehicles – a combination of Ford Police Interceptor Utility SUVs, Dodge Durango Pursuit SUVs and Chevy Tahoe Police Pursuit Vehicle SUVs, model year “2025 or later” – will be purchased separately and shipped from the dealership to the vendors selected to adapt them for ICE.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-trump-deportation-suvs-100-million-b2813674.html

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Waste. Fraud. Abuse.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. It just never stops ....

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Dictator Cosplay /nt

[Maninacan]

3. Fraud

I see see a big opportunity for fraudulent procurement and rebuilding of vehicles.

[Bengus81]

4. The $9.1B per year that Trump and Republicans are stealing from Medicaid will pay for this

and much more. Like a bunch of kids in a candy store while they watch people die.

[Karasu]

5. The amount of spending on ICE alone after the BBB is absurd. No Democrat would be allowed to get

away with that shit without the mouth-breathers shrieking about their precious national debt every second of every day.

[bluestarone]

6. A fucker with full immunity.

HE can decide this fucking bullshit all by himself? Fuck it we need a fucking war.

[Prairie Gates]

9. He's immune, but the hucksters soaking up these procurement fraud contracts are not

[BumRushDaShow]

10. But the sad part

(which is probably why he is going hogwild) is that he can just pardon them all.

[bluestarone]

11. Agree, but seems like

Nobody will intervene! NOBODY.

[surfered]

7. There goes the DOGE savings and FEMA disaster money.

[Karasu]

12. Yep. We've sailed past their precious "savings" in record time. The pennies they love to pinch so badly are

nothing compared to the cost of pushing a nationwide fascist agenda.

[Prairie Gates]

8. Procurement capture...some grift or other

They are fraudsters. I think Dems need to start saying that if you are involved in these procurement frauds you will be held accountable.

[niyad]

13. 100,000 per vehicle for "ice-specific artwork". Somebody (one of his

cronies) is going to pocket a fortune.

We were told we were broke, but there is miney for this boondoggle??

[flashman13]

15. It's the gold leaf that runs up the price. Plus, you can bet Trump gets his cut.

[oasis]

17. Exactly!

[William Seger]

16. No, that's the total price (edited}

Edited: I originally thought that these were the same high-priced and ridiculously high-powered SUVs that California Highway Police are buying, but they are not (if the model names given are correct). Looking these up, they are all around the $50k range, so ICE is paying about $50k more for that "artwork" plus corruption.

It would be interesting if some reporter would look into whether the faux-king idiot demanded real gold for the artwork -- he did for that garish Oval Office trashing.

[bluedigger]

14. We should probably demand 10% of Ford, GM, and Stellantis and negotiate lower prices.

Why run a protection racket if you can't flex once in a while?

[oasis]

18. And after every undocumented immigrant is

out of the U.S., what then? Are they going to park the vehicles somewhere and put them in mothballs?

[BumRushDaShow]

19. They will auction them

as technically they "belong to" and are "managed by" GSA.

https://gsaauctions.gov/auctions/home (main site)

https://gsaauctions.gov/auctions/auctions-list?page=1&size=50&searchType=ALL_WORDS&status=active&sort=auctionEndDateSoon,DESC&categoryCodes=300&unCheckedCategoryCodes=10,20,40,50,60,70,80,90,100,105,110,120,140,150,160,170,180,190,200&advanced=false (vehicles)

I had some co-workers who used to regularly check the car/truck auctions that GSA held and some even picked up a good, well-maintained used vehicle (although I expect a bunch had high mileage)!