{"id":17124,"date":"2026-08-13T10:56:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T02:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17124"},"modified":"2026-08-13T10:57:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T02:57:04","slug":"us-immigration-agency-plans-to-buy-electric-shock-gloves-raising-alarm-among-rights-advocates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17124","title":{"rendered":"US immigration agency plans to buy electric shock gloves, raising alarm among rights advocates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency plans to buy electric shock gloves for officers in the field, \u200balarming rights advocates who have condemned the action of ICE \u200cduring President Donald Trump&#8217;s immigration crackdown.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260813105517.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260813105517.png 696w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260813105517-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>A note on the website, opens new tab of the Department of Homeland Security, of which ICE is a part, says ICE plans to spend up to $20 million \u200bon CTG-5 Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, or GLOVE units.<br>The electric \u200bshock gloves aim to disrupt an individual&#8217;s capacity to respond.<br>The \u2060DHS described the gloves as &#8220;a Conductive Distraction and De-escalation Device which \u200bwill be issued to Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement Removal Operations officers \u200band agents.&#8221;<br>The American Civil Liberties Union said giving immigration agents &#8220;a concealed means of delivering terrible pain is a recipe for more harm to the public and less \u200baccountability.&#8221;<br>ICE officers are trained in de-escalation tactics and regularly receive &#8220;ongoing use \u200bof force training,&#8221; the DHS said.<br>&#8220;Every decision is made with careful consideration and appropriately \u200creviewed \u2060to ensure that any technology ICE utilizes is consistent with all applicable law enforcement policies and standards,&#8221; a DHS spokesperson said.<br>Fatal shootings by ICE agents of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota earlier this year and \u200bconcerns by rights \u200bgroups about \u2060conditions in ICE detention centers have led to nationwide protests against the agency&#8217;s tactics.<br>More than 50 people have \u200bdied in ICE custody nationwide since Trump took office \u200bin January \u2060last year, according to the immigration agency.<br>Trump says the aim of the immigration crackdown is to improve domestic security.<br>Rights groups say Trump&#8217;s crackdown has \u2060violated \u200bfree speech and due process rights and \u200bcreated an unsafe environment, particularly for ethnic minorities, who have raised concerns about racial profiling.<br>Reporting \u200bby Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Michelle Nichols and Lincoln Feas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency plans to buy electric shock gloves for officers in the field, \u200balarming rights advocates who have condemned the action of ICE \u200cduring President Donald Trump&#8217;s immigration crackdown. 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