ICE plans to spend $2 million on dog-like robots for immigration enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to spend up to $2 million on robot “dogs” to assist its agents’ operations, according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding document. A funding document posted to DHS’s Acquisition Planning Forecast System on Thursday said the agency could spend between $1 million and $2 million on…
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- First observed by CurrentWire: NBC News · Aug 28, 2026 at 4:41 PM ET
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ICE plans to spend $2 million on dog-like robots for immigration enforcement(opens original report in a new tab)NBC NewsTier B
ICE plans to buy robot ‘dogs’ for some immigration enforcement operations(opens original report in a new tab)NBC News Senior Homeland Security Correspondent Julia Ainsley joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss ICE plans to spend up to $2 million on robot "dogs" for immigration enforcement operations. — NBC News
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- Source authority
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