US Immigration Agency Awards Contract for Electric Shock Gloves
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a $16.7 million contract to procure thousands of electric shock gloves for field agents. The controversial equipment purchase has drawn sharp criticism from civil rights advocates and lawmakers.
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Group of Democratic senators calls on ICE to cancel plan to buy electric shock gloves - AP News
Group of Democratic senators calls on ICE to cancel plan to buy electric shock gloves AP News
Read full article →ICE awards $16.7 million contract to buy 6,000 pairs of gloves that deliver electric shocks
The Department of Homeland Security, ICE's parent agency, reacted defiantly to critics of the purchase. 'Sanctuary politicians attempting to ban our federal law enforcement from any safety equipment is despicable and a deliberate attempt to undermine and endanger our officers,' the agency said in a statement.
Read full article →ICE agents in US to be equipped with pain-delivering electric shock gloves
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a US$16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, saying officers would use them to control detainees and protesters who resist. ICE moved forward with the purchase despite opposition from civil rights advocates and Democratic members of Congress, who said ICE officers cannot be trusted to use them appropriately. A notice published in a federal database Thursday said ICE entered into a no-b...
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Read full article →US to buy thousands of electric shock gloves for ICE agents
Rights groups and Democrats are warning that ICE agents are unfit to use the shock gloves responsibly. Since US President Trump's crackdown on immigration, several people have been killed during ICE raids across the US.
Read full article →ICE orders 6,000 electric shock gloves in $16.7M deal despite backlash
Civil rights advocates and Democratic members of Congress have warned that ICE officers cannot be trusted to deploy the equipment appropriately
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Read full article →ICE awards $16.7M contract to buy 6,000 pairs of gloves that deliver electric shocks
Read full article →Despite Opposition, US Immigration Agents To Buy Thousands Of Electric Shock Gloves
ICE moved forward with the purchase despite opposition from civil rights advocates and Democratic members of Congress, who said ICE officers cannot be trusted to use them appropriately.
Read full article →US ICE grants $16.7 million contract to buy thousands of electric shock gloves
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency granted a $16.7 million contract to buy 6,000 pairs of electric shock gloves for officers in the field despite human rights advocates having raised alarm about the plans when they were revealed earlier this month.
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