Firearms companies – faced with plummeting sales to the general public – found a lucrative new opportunity last year: arming President Donald Trump’s immigration operation.

A Trace analysis of federal spending data found that gun industry revenue ballooned as Department of Homeland Security agents carried out mass federal raids in major cities — and shot people trying to protest or document the agents’ activities. In 2025, weapons manufacturers received a record $120.7 million through DHS contracts, the data shows. That is the highest amount in at least 10 years. Many of the biggest contracts were awarded to companies that supplied firearms, ammunition, and related equipment to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.

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