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

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.

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...

By Associated Press

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.

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

By Ryan J. Foley

ICE awards $16.7M contract to buy 6,000 pairs of gloves that deliver electric shocks

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.

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.

By Reuters