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Key Players
Profiles by the American Friends Service Committee
Axon Enterprise Inc.: A US manufacturer of Tasers and other less-lethal weapons, used by the Israeli military and police and by US law and immigration enforcement authorities.
Boeing Co: The world’s third-largest military company. It manufactures multiple weapon systems that are routinely used in war crimes against Palestinian civilians and previously designed the smart/virtual wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Cadre Holdings Inc. The owner of Safariland and Defense Technology, which manufacture tear gas and other crowd control weapons that are used by Israeli police and military authorities against Palestinians and by immigration, prison, and law enforcement agencies in the US and around the world.
Elbit Systems Ltd. Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer. Its weapons are routinely used in war crimes against Palestinians and its surveillance systems are used in Palestine and along the U.S.–Mexico border.
General Dynamics Corp: The fifth-largest military contractor in the world. It manufactures weapons that are used by the Israeli military against Palestinian civilians and surveillance technology that is used to monitor and surveil the U.S.–Mexico border and immigrant communities.
Leidos Holdings Inc: A US-based military IT contractor that provides imaging technologies and biometric systems to US immigration authorities for border monitoring and surveillance.
Lockheed Martin Corp: The world’s largest military company. It manufactures weapons that are routinely used by the Israeli military against Palestinian civilians and reconnaissance aircraft that are used by US immigration authorities to monitor the US–Mexico border.
Northrop Grumman Corp: The world’s third-largest military company. It manufactures weapons that are used by the Israeli military against Palestinian civilians and surveillance technologies used by US immigration authorities to monitor the US–Mexico border.
Palantir Technologies Inc: A militarized high-tech data analytics firm that enables Israeli war crimes, US deportations and military operations, and controversial policing tactics.
RTX Corp: The world’s second-largest military company, formerly known as Raytheon Technologies. It makes missiles, bombs, components for fighter jets, and other weapon systems used by the Israeli military against Palestinian civilians. Its surveillance technology is also used to monitor the U.S.–Mexico border.
News: 2026
January 26. Ty Roush: These Companies—Palantir, AT&T, Deloitte—Have The Biggest ICE Contracts As DHS Funding Under Fire.
January 27. Thomas Brewster: The Men Making Millions Selling Pepper Spray To ICE.
February 19. Aaron Parnas: New Report Highlights ICE and CBP’s Multi-Million Dollar Surge to Amass Weapons and Munitions Executive.
News: 2025
August 6. Jessica Mathews: How Palantir—a company too small to make the Fortune 500—became one of the world’s 25 most valuable companies.
September 17. Thomas Brewster: ICE Just Bought A Robot That Can Climb Stairs And Open Doors: ICE can now deploy a robot capable of letting off smoke grenades and navigating obstacles in its raids.
October 10. George Chidi: US immigration enforcement using military hardware and tactics on civilians: Agencies like Ice are way ahead of Donald Trump, who wants the military to treat cities like ‘training grounds’.
October 20. Judd Legum: ICE boosts weapons spending 600%: A Popular Information investigation reveals tens of millions in new ICE spending on guns, chemical weapons, and explosives.
December 10. Maya Yang: US signs nearly $140m deal to purchase six Boeing 737s for use in deportations: Funds for contract signed with Daedalus Aviation will come from $170bn allocated for Trump’s border policy.
December 11. Bloomberg: The Military Suppliers Behind Immigration Raids.
December 19. Giacomo Tognini: Meet The Former Banker Who Is Now A Private Defense Billionaire.