US ICE agency to spend $16.7m on electric shock gloves
The much-criticised immigration agency has agreed a contract for 6,000 pairs of gloves that will deliver painful shocks to control resisting detainees and protesters. The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is to spend $16.7m on 6,000 pairs of electric-shock gloves.
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- Fact 1: The much-criticised immigration agency has agreed a contract for 6,000 pairs of gloves that will deliver painful shocks to control resisting detainees and protesters.
- Fact 2: The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is to spend $16.7m on 6,000 pairs of electric-shock gloves.
- Fact 3: Most Americans say Trump has gone too far on US immigration: Poll US deports nearly 2,300 Mexicans to Guatemala over Mexico’s objections Trump plans largest mass visa cancellation in history: Who will it affect?
- Fact 4: More than 50 people have died in ICE custody nationwide since Trump took office.
The much-criticised immigration agency has agreed a contract for 6,000 pairs of gloves that will deliver painful shocks to control resisting detainees and protesters. The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is to spend $16.7m on 6,000 pairs of electric-shock gloves.
A notice on a federal database published on Thursday showed that the much-maligned agency, which has been the face of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, has agreed a no-bid contract with Kentucky-based firm Compliant Technologies for the supply of the gloves, alongside support equipment and services, over the next six months. Most Americans say Trump has gone too far on US immigration: Poll US deports nearly 2,300 Mexicans to Guatemala over Mexico’s objections Trump plans largest mass visa cancellation in history: Who will it affect? ICE stated in its procurement notice that the “de-escalation devices” will be used when dealing with detainees and protesters.
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