ICE plans to equip agents with gloves that can deliver electric shocks. The DHS note says ICE will spend up to $20m to buy the Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter (GLOVE). The gloves can deliver up to 380 volts of electricity, roughly three times the charge of a standard US power outlet. Civil rights groups, including the ACLU, have expressed alarm over its use.

The GLOVE devices are activated by pushing a button to deliver shocks and can deliver up to 30 pulses per second. They also feature built‑in microprocessors that keep a record of activation. Compliant Technologies LLC tells the BBC it was unable to comment on the sale, and its website says the gloves do not cause injury and are used by many agencies. A user manual recommends avoiding use on the elderly, small children, pregnant women, and the "severely handicapped".

Unlike a taser, which uses sharp barbs to deliver a shock of up to 50,000 volts, the gloves do not complete an electrical circuit inside the body. They deliver a sharp shock to convince a subject to comply using "pain deterrence". Lt Butch Gallion says the inmates understand the light that appears when the button is pressed.

The gloves would be used by officers in Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO). The ACLU’s Jenn Rolnick Borchetta warns that giving immigration agents a concealed means of delivering terrible pain is a recipe for more harm and less accountability.