New Weapon Against Migrants in the US: ICE Agents to Be Equipped with 'Electric Shock Gloves'

The US Department of Homeland Security plans to equip ICE agents with G.L.O.V.E electric shock gloves, capable of delivering an electric shock causing pain similar to a bee sting. The procurement is expected to be completed by March, at a cost of up to $20 million. Civil rights activists criticize the program, calling it a 'recipe for harm'.

The US Department of Homeland Security plans to equip ICE agents with new electric shock gloves, called G.L.O.V.E (acronym for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter). The gloves look ordinary, but with the press of a switch they deliver an electric shock causing pain similar to a bee sting, and can subdue a person in less than three seconds. The procurement is expected to be completed by March, at a cost of up to $20 million, with the manufacturer being Compliant Technologies LLC from Kentucky. The company markets the gloves as a 'humane and low-profile solution'. Civil rights activists, including Jen Rolnick Borchetta from the ACLU, sharply criticize the program, claiming it is a 'recipe for harm to the public'. The criticism comes against the backdrop of deaths in ICE custody, with more than 50 people having died in the agency's custody since Trump's second term. The agency has been at the center of controversy, including an enforcement operation in Minneapolis that led to protests and the deaths of two protesters.