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

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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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[erronis]

1. Sounds like Donnie is getting desperate and scared. Needs these killing machines by xmas?

[2naSalit]

2. Good on them!

[NotHardly]

3. I hope they prohibit the sale.

Good on Canada!

[Icanthinkformyself]

4. So

Unarmed, unprotected protestors require ICE to have military vehicles, armor and weapons to do what exactly. It's good to have friends looking out for you. Thanks Canada. Some day I trust we will be able to welcome you back with open arms. Until then we appreciate anything you do to help us stay sane.

[Justice matters.]

8. The problem PM Carney said is, the US system has proven to be

unreliable, not stable enough to ever be trusted as a honest partner again.

When a few voters in Wyoming can get brainwashed by a Fascist propaganda network like FAUX NOI$E that they vote to elect an obviously corrupt party like the Guardians Of Pedophiles in power only 4 years after, let's hope that "deal" will be undone.

[DBoon]

5. Canada should not sell armamants to rogue nations

[ancianita]

10. AMEN!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Good

[KS Toronado]

7. How many times have ICE agents been bombed?

Or had a 50 cal shot at them? Inquiring minds want to know!

[Justice matters.]

9. Fascist dog-killer noemii WISHES they will be.

So she can turn to her dear hair furher and say he can invoke the Insurrection Act.

[KS Toronado]

12. He'll invoke the Insurrection Act for the next peaceful No Kings Rallies

[SWBTATTReg]

11. I said in an earlier post that I couldn't believe Canada was selling these to us, the USA, the tRUMP stooges.

I'm glad to see that saw this sale as being morally wrong. These things were going to be used against American citizens...think of that...it is wrong.

[Jarqui]

13. How much is the tariff ICE is paying for these Canadian made armored vehicles? ...nt