Starting next year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents could be equipped with gloves capable of producing electric shocks for use during their detention operations on foreigners lacking legal status.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it plans to allocate nearly $20 million dollars to acquire devices called Glove (Low Generated Output Voltage Emitter), which are manufactured by Compliant Technologies LLC, a company specialized in the design and manufacturing of non-lethal control equipment, which is owned by veterans based in Lexington, Kentucky.

According to the manufacturer, this type of gloves have been used in environments such as American prisons, where it is occasionally necessary to maintain order to avoid confrontations between violent prisoners or against those who guard them day and night.

"70% of officers who die from gunshots are shot at less than three meters away. The GLOVE device offers officers a non-lethal option at that same distance, making those who resist give in in seconds, without causing permanent damage to anyone," the manufacturer notes on the website where they promote their products.

Another interesting fact about these gloves is that the company in charge of making and marketing them describes them as normal for those who wear them, as long as they do not press a switch to activate their electric mode.

However, some civil rights organizations believe that ICE agents could use them excessively to instill fear among immigrants who lack documentation to support their stay in the United States.

During an interview with the Associated Press (AP) news agency, Jenn Rolnick Borchetta, deputy director of policing projects at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), warns about the emergence of possible abuses of power by immigration agents when searching for a foreigner considered by the authorities to be dangerous.

"ICE has spent the last year showing this country that they resort to force too easily. Now they will be able to deliver electric shocks with the push of a button, something that perhaps no one else will see.

"Introducing gloves that can so easily be used to inflict terrible pain in encounters is a recipe for harm to the public," he said.

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