Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Democratic lawmakers from Capitol Hill to California are pushing back on a plan at ICE to equip agents with electric shock gloves.

ICE approved a deal last week to buy 6,650 electric shock gloves that deliver a low voltage shock upon contact with skin.

New contracting records reviewed by Scripps News show ICE plans to use the gloves “in cases where an individual is resisting arrest or otherwise represents a clear threat to officers and agents.”

The documents show ICE may also use the devices against protesters for crowd control.

Compliant Technologies, based in Kentucky, won a $16.7 million non-competitive contract to produce the gloves for ICE. It marks the first time the company has received a U.S. government contract.

The user manual for the gloves says they may increase the risk of sudden death and should not be a tool against the elderly, small children, pregnant women and those who are “severely handicapped.”

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