House Democrats ask ICE for contracts on 2,500 marked vehicles overbought under Noem

Published March 12, 2026 11:42am ET



EXCLUSIVE — Senior House Democrats are pushing Immigration and Customs Enforcement for answers about millions of dollars in congressional funding wasted on thousands of vehicles that officers cannot use following a Washington Examiner investigation that exposed the expenditure.

Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee sent acting ICE Director Todd Lyons a letter Wednesday asking the agency to provide contracts and correspondence related to the purchase of 2,500 flashy, logo-centric vehicles by Madison Sheahan, outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s former appointee within ICE. The letter was obtained first by the Washington Examiner.

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