WASHINGTON, D.C. - For a long, long time, Immigration Enforcement agents have gone undercover to make arrests across the country, but in the coming months the agency will roll out vehicles emblazoned with their logo.
The new fleet will be dark blue with "ICE" plastered in giant, yellow letters across the side, along with the phrase "Defend the Homeland," in all caps, the New York Post reported.
The changes to the vehicles have agents furious and scared for their lives.
A source familiar with the situation said that the vehicles are expected to be rolled out in Washington, D.C., imminently. Then, they will be gradually deployed across the country.
"Obviously, we're going to need additional vehicles as we build out our workforce, so there'll be some marked vehicles from here in DC and around the country," an ICE insider reportedly told The Post.
Agents, however, are not thrilled with the new supermarked vehicles, saying they're concerned that it will further expose them to dangerous threats. The Post reported that ICE agents are dealing with a 1,000 percent increase in assaults by illegal immigrants and anti-ICE activists. "It's like having a bullseye," said one ICE source.
"This will only raise officer-involved incidents in the streets because people will target the vehicles," said another agency source, adding that agitators have already successfully "impeded operations."
Both sources described scary incidents in which activists have slashed tires and hurled projectiles at their cars. Agents already wear masks to shield their identities and dress in street clothes while making arrests, a practice that has come under scrutiny as the Trump administration ramps up its mass deportation effort.
"They won't let us do our jobs," a source explained of those who are getting in the way. The Department of Homeland Security said the agency's new wheels come after it received an influx of cash from the One Big Beautiful Bill.
"ICE is a law enforcement agency, and like all other law enforcement agencies has a fleet of vehicles that includes those with ICE branding. Thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill, ICE finally has the resources to grow its workforce to support ICE's mission, and that will include all types of additional vehicles," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said.
"These specific vehicles will supplement the existing ICE fleet and support operations across the country," she added.
She also defended the department's commitment to the safety of its agents. "The safety and security of our brave men and women is, and aways has been, our priority, and suggestions that law enforcement branded vehicles, no different from police vehicles, will jeopardize that is simply not the case," she said.
It was not clear how many vehicles ICE will deploy nationwide or how much the new fleet with cost. The fleet will be used in arrest operations, but will not be utilized in undercover surveillance missions that are often conducted before an illegal immigrant target is collared, an ICE insider said.
The new fleet will be dark blue with "ICE" plastered in giant, yellow letters across the side, along with the phrase "Defend the Homeland," in all caps, the New York Post reported.
The changes to the vehicles have agents furious and scared for their lives.
A source familiar with the situation said that the vehicles are expected to be rolled out in Washington, D.C., imminently. Then, they will be gradually deployed across the country.
"Obviously, we're going to need additional vehicles as we build out our workforce, so there'll be some marked vehicles from here in DC and around the country," an ICE insider reportedly told The Post.
Agents, however, are not thrilled with the new supermarked vehicles, saying they're concerned that it will further expose them to dangerous threats. The Post reported that ICE agents are dealing with a 1,000 percent increase in assaults by illegal immigrants and anti-ICE activists. "It's like having a bullseye," said one ICE source.
"This will only raise officer-involved incidents in the streets because people will target the vehicles," said another agency source, adding that agitators have already successfully "impeded operations."
Both sources described scary incidents in which activists have slashed tires and hurled projectiles at their cars. Agents already wear masks to shield their identities and dress in street clothes while making arrests, a practice that has come under scrutiny as the Trump administration ramps up its mass deportation effort.
"They won't let us do our jobs," a source explained of those who are getting in the way. The Department of Homeland Security said the agency's new wheels come after it received an influx of cash from the One Big Beautiful Bill.
"ICE is a law enforcement agency, and like all other law enforcement agencies has a fleet of vehicles that includes those with ICE branding. Thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill, ICE finally has the resources to grow its workforce to support ICE's mission, and that will include all types of additional vehicles," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said.
"These specific vehicles will supplement the existing ICE fleet and support operations across the country," she added.
She also defended the department's commitment to the safety of its agents. "The safety and security of our brave men and women is, and aways has been, our priority, and suggestions that law enforcement branded vehicles, no different from police vehicles, will jeopardize that is simply not the case," she said.
It was not clear how many vehicles ICE will deploy nationwide or how much the new fleet with cost. The fleet will be used in arrest operations, but will not be utilized in undercover surveillance missions that are often conducted before an illegal immigrant target is collared, an ICE insider said.
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2025-08-21T18:17-0400 | Comment by: James
Who are the dumbaases that thought this was a good idea?!