ICE officers could soon carry gloves that shock people on contact, controlled with the press of a

ICE officers could soon carry gloves that shock people on contact, controlled with the press of a button. ⚠️ The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security plans to spend up to $20 million on a device called the GLOVE, short for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter. The department calls it a de-escalation tool, but former ICE officials and civil rights advocates warn that it could make inflicting pain easier for agents who are already too quick to use force. Most people ICE arrests face civil immigration violations, not crimes. A former top ICE official under President Biden says most are not fugitives and are not reasonably expected to put up forceful resistance. Since Trump returned to office, ICE agents have pepper-sprayed protesters, dragged people from cars, and fatally shot at least six people. Now that same agency is getting a tool built to make force look smaller than it is, backed by billions in new funding. 🇺🇸 If you’re an asylum seeker or any immigrant living here, that tells you something about how the Trump administration views your safety. The company’s manual warns against using the gloves on children, pregnant women, older people, and people with disabilities. But out in the field, none of that changes who ends up on the other side of the button. Civil rights groups are already documenting how this equipment gets used. Every incident becomes part of the public record, and that record is how abuses can be exposed and agencies eventually held accountable. ⚖️ I’m Brian Manning. If you need help with an asylum case, send me the word “CONSULT” in a direct message. 👇