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ICE plans to spend up to $2 million on robot dogs to boost safety during enforcement operations

Boston Dynamics' SPOT robots, which ICE plans to purchase for up to $2 million, can detect gas, radiation and vibration during reconnaissance missions.
Boston Dynamics' SPOT robots, which ICE plans to purchase for up to $2 million, can detect gas, radiation and vibration during reconnaissance missions.

Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency intends to spend between $1 million and $2 million on Boston Dynamics 'SPOT' robot dogs, according to a Department of Homeland Security procurement notice published this week. The four-legged, 75-pound machines carry cameras, sensors and extendable arms, and are intended to allow remote inspection of dangerous, confined or unstable locations before officers move in. ICE says the robots will serve no arrest function. The plan comes on the heels of a separate proposal to spend up to $20 million on electric shock gloves for officers — one that has already provoked pushback from civil liberties groups.

Boston Dynamics' SPOT robots travel at up to five feet per second and can detect gas, radiation and vibration.

The shock-glove proposal has drawn objections from civil rights organisations and a number of Democratic lawmakers.

ICE's $165 billion funding boost came after Trump signed the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' without a single Democratic vote.

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