'Deeply troubling': Canadian legislators call for halt to ICE armored vehicle sale after report by The Independent [View all]

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Source: The Independent

Thursday 04 December 2025 14:04 EST


The pending purchase by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of 20 bullet-and bomb-resistant armored vehicles from a Canadian manufacturer – first revealed by The Independent – has generated intense backlash north of the border, where lawmakers are now exploring ways they might halt the multimillion-dollar sale.

In a so-called sole-source justification document issued the day before Thanksgiving, ICE’s Office of Acquisition Management laid out the reasons why Roshel LLC, headquartered in the Toronto suburb of Brampton, is the only approved vendor “that possesses sufficient inventory to meet the required delivery schedule and the salient characteristics identified by ICE.”

The $7,234,926.20 contract, which was finalized November 28, calls for “twenty (20) Roshel Senator STANG [sic] 4569 Level 2/B7 Emergency Response Tactical Vehicle (ERTV) [sic] armored security vehicles,” according to the document. The Roshel Senator Emergency Response Vehicle, or, “ERV,” is certified as providing Level 2 protection under STANAG 4569, a NATO designation that means it will defend against the equivalent of an 8 kilogram TNT blast. B7 ballistic protection is designed to stop a .50 caliber round, which can penetrate an inch of concrete when fired from a distance of 1,500 meters, or, 16 football fields away.

Roshel will be able to deliver the 20 battlefield-style machines within 30 days, according to ICE, which said it received responses from four U.S.-based manufacturers but all said they would be unable to meet the agency’s strict timeline. Delaying the purchase “would significantly impact” ICE’s “ability to deploy mission-critical resources in a timely manner,” according to the U.S. government.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/canada-ice-vehicle-sales-trump-carney-b2878330.html

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