Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers could soon be provided gloves that administer painful electric shocks, the latest in a series of costly purchases to bolster President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort.
The Department of Homeland Security posted a notice about the purchase on Monday in the Acquisition Planning Forecast System, which provides alerts on contracts that the agency intends to issue in the coming days. The contract for the gloves, which the agency says would be used as a “distraction and de-escalation device,” would be issued to Enforcement Removal Operations and Homeland Security Investigations officers.
The contract could be awarded as early as Friday and is estimated to cost anywhere from $10 million to $20 million. It lists a completion date of March 31, 2027.