ICE plans to outfit officers with electric shock gloves

NPR | By Meg Anderson

Published August 12, 2026 at 4:09 PM EDT

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to purchase high-tech gloves that deliver electric shocks to people they're trying to detain. Immigrant advocates are concerned.

Related Content

Months after being evacuated from Bahrain, military families await their next move

Steve Walsh

Sailors and family members who were evacuated from U.S. bases in the Middle East months ago are waiting for the military to figure out what will happen to the lives they left behind.
What immigration enforcement looks like when police are deputized to do ICE work

Jaclyn Diaz

A sheriff in the Florida panhandle has gone all in on federal immigration enforcement. The state rewarded his department with almost $9 million in incentives.
Has the U.S. lost its dominance to China?

Terry Gross

Beijing may be benefiting from the war in Iran and Trump's tariffs and has an edge in the competition for tech supremacy. The New Yorker's Evan Osnos discusses his story "The Future, Made in China."
Andrew Tate's extradition fight tests his influence with Trump's America

Bill Chappell

After President Trump took office, Andrew Tate proclaimed, "The Tates will be free." A year later, Tate is being held in federal prison after he was arrested following a U.K. extradition request.
Former U.S. Marine back home after being held in Russia for over four years

Michele Kelemen

A former U.S. Marine is home after more than four years in a Russian prison. President Trump says Robert Gilman was freed on humanitarian grounds after supporters raised concerns about his health.

You make NHPR possible.

NHPR is nonprofit and independent. We rely on readers like you to support the local, national, and international coverage on this website. Your support makes this news available to everyone.

Give today. A monthly donation of $5 makes a real difference.