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BumRushDaShow

(160,177 posts)
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 05:44 PM Aug 25

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

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



Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
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Bengus81

(9,388 posts)
4. The $9.1B per year that Trump and Republicans are stealing from Medicaid will pay for this
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 05:58 PM
Aug 25

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

Karasu

(2,003 posts)
5. The amount of spending on ICE alone after the BBB is absurd. No Democrat would be allowed to get
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 06:01 PM
Aug 25

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

bluestarone

(20,287 posts)
6. A fucker with full immunity.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 06:03 PM
Aug 25

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

BumRushDaShow

(160,177 posts)
10. But the sad part
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 06:35 PM
Aug 25

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

Karasu

(2,003 posts)
12. Yep. We've sailed past their precious "savings" in record time. The pennies they love to pinch so badly are
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 07:11 PM
Aug 25

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

Prairie Gates

(6,274 posts)
8. Procurement capture...some grift or other
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 06:33 PM
Aug 25

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

(127,247 posts)
13. 100,000 per vehicle for "ice-specific artwork". Somebody (one of his
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 10:19 PM
Aug 25

cronies) is going to pocket a fortune.

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

William Seger

(11,812 posts)
16. No, that's the total price (edited}
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 11:27 PM
Aug 25

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

(17,320 posts)
14. We should probably demand 10% of Ford, GM, and Stellantis and negotiate lower prices.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 10:23 PM
Aug 25

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

oasis

(52,888 posts)
18. And after every undocumented immigrant is
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 03:29 AM
Aug 27

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

BumRushDaShow

(160,177 posts)
19. They will auction them
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 06:18 AM
Aug 27

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)!

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