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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Immigration enforcement agency has signed $16.7m deal for devices that induced ‘excessive’ fear in military subjects</p><p>The electric-shock gloves immigration agents <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/ice-electric-shock-gloves" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">could soon use</a> to control detainees and protesters worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting immediately and feared additional exposures, according to a previously unreleased army study.</p><p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">ICE</a>) leaders were aware of the findings before signing a $16.7m contract in August to purchase 6,000 pairs of shock gloves, according to records obtained by the watchdog group American Oversight and shared with the Associated Press.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/electric-shock-gloves-ice-intense-pain" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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