ICE is Buying Lots and Lots of Guns and Gun Accessories - more than $25 million worth
Since President Trump’s second term began, ICE has entered into contracts worth a total of more than $25 million dollars for Glocks and related supplies.
Since President Trump’s second term began, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has entered into contracts worth a total of more than $25 million dollars for Glocks and related supplies, like holsters and red dot optic sights, according to the government website, usaspending.gov.
Searching the keywords “glock” and “glocks” for fiscal years 2008, the earliest year available, to fiscal year 2026 generates 63 results. About 68 percent of the performance dates for the contracts begin in 2025 or 2026. Of the remaining 20, the Obama administration appears to have entered into 13 contracts and Trump’s first administration entered into seven.
During Trump’s second term, ICE has purchased:
The Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs “provides specialized firearms and tactical training, as well as all equipment, support and guidance necessary to promote both officer and public safety while enabling effective execution of the ICE law enforcement mission,” according to ICE’s website.
The government is contracting with Atlantic Diving Supply; Glock, Inc.; Quantico Tactical Incorporated; and Lionheart Alliance, for all its Glock and Glock-adjacent needs.
Before the passage of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill, Congress had given ICE $10 billion for fiscal year 2025. The legislation, signed into law last year, provides ICE with an additional $75 billion to spend over the next four years, including about $45 billion to build more immigration jails, which many have compared to concentration camps. The legislation also slashed funding for social safety net programs and gave massive tax breaks to billionaires.
“By redirecting billions of dollars in funding from essential programs like Medicaid and SNAP to ICE, the BUL [Big Ugly Bill] has turned governmental assistance into a source of funding for mass deportations,” Public Citizen’s Nishita Nekkanti wrote in April. “Millions of Americans now face lost healthcare, food deserts, and collapsing local services.”