Trump Arming ICE to the Teeth, Mainstream Media Just Noticing
When The Independent sounds the alarm that Trump has spent 700% more on “deadly weapons” for ICE, reaching over $70 million for small arms and ordnance this year, one might wonder: where was this outrage when ICE was built into a veritable domestic army under previous administrations? This isn't a Trump-original, but an escalation of a decades-long trend to militarize internal security and border
control, often with equipment cycled from actual warzones. These are weapons of war deployed against, at least officially, unarmed civilians seeking asylum. The 'ramped up crackdown on undocumented migrants' sounds distressingly familiar, doesn't it? We’re told this is about 'border security,' but for whom are these millions in 'small arms and ordnance' intended? Are they for diplomatic
negotiations with toddlers at the border? Or is it simply a taxpayer-funded acquisition of overkill to enforce policies that criminalize those seeking refuge, echoing the increasing normalization of military-grade force against internal populations? It appears the only thing shocking here is not the acquisition itself, but the percentage increase—as if the inherent posture wasn't already
problematic.