My money’s on optics, so PR but not for ICE so directly. They’re trying to pull a Big Fascism here and they need to project power at every turn. An ostentatious and loyal armed guard made up of knuckle-draggers that aren’t afraid to break every last law, fit the bill for future photo ops. The Secret Service is more about blending in so they’re not going to cut it.

Yes, but also no. I think @pulsewidth is being cheeky as both uses of the abbreviation apply.

suggesting that ICE agents would be deployed in Italy to protect US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

That’s a big fucking problem, right there. Is the Secret Service not enough? Gotta have the low-EQ/IQ goon squad there too?