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ICE Plans to Spend $20M to Buy Electric Shock Gloves

ICE Plans to Spend $20M to Buy Electric Shock Gloves

Is this a smart de-escalation upgrade or a dangerous recipe for abuse?
ICE Plans to Spend $20M to Buy Electric Shock Gloves
Above: Federal immigration officers outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, on May 26. Image credit: Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu/Getty Images

The Spin


Handing ICE electric shock gloves is a dangerous escalation — especially for an agency already notorious for unchecked use of force. Calling a device that shoots pain into someone's skin at the flip of a hidden switch a "de-escalation tool" is absurd. With no meaningful oversight, putting live current into every civil immigration encounter is a recipe for abuse.

ICE officers deal with combative individuals in high-stakes situations, and having a tool that gains compliance within seconds without lasting injury and has a track record in jails and police departments is a smart upgrade. A $20 million investment in safer, faster compliance tools is a practical support that enforcement needs.


Metaculus Prediction

There's a 50% chance that at least 858,000 immigrants to the U.S. will obtain lawful permanent resident status in 2028, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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