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The Trump administration is spending $20 million on electric shock gloves for ICE agents while a third person died at a New Jersey detention center—and the agency claims it doesn't track deaths. Federal surveillance of anti-ICE protesters and judges questioning warrantless arrest
ICE is spending $20 million on electric shock gloves while three people have died in agency custody recently, including one at the New Jersey facility. When asked about the deaths, ICE stated it doesn't systematically track them—a claim that strains credibility when the agency has detailed enough procurement records to acquire specialized restraint equipment. The administration is also surveilling anti-ICE activists and facing judicial skepticism about warrantless arrests.
The shock gloves purchase and the deaths aren't separate stories; they're two sides of the same problem. The equipment spending shows the agency is investing in tools that escalate force, while the death toll and lack of tracking reveal there's no meaningful internal accountability if that force goes too far. A third death pushes this past individual tragedy into pattern territory. The fact that judges are already questioning arrest authority suggests the legal system is beginning to treat ICE operations as a accountability problem, not just an enforcement mechanism.
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