Newsom signs laws targeting ICE with shock glove ban, detention center tax - POLITICO

“California is taking action to strengthen transparency, accountability, and oversight around immigration enforcement in our state,” Newsom said in a statement. “This is about stepping up where the federal government has failed our communities.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/29/ca-shock-glove-ban-signed-01094029

 

Lawmakers Push DHS to Cancel Its Shock Gloves Contract – Mother Jones

“This administration continues to outfit ICE and CBP with the tools of an occupying paramilitary force.”…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/lawmakers-push-ice-cancel-shock-gloves-contract-compliant-technologies-delia-ramirez/

 

Alarm over $20m plan to supply ICE officers with electric-shock gloves

ICE “is putting these [gloves] in the hands of an agency that has dropped its hiring standards, its training, its background requirements in its hiring spree”, Sarah Mehta, deputy director of government affairs in the equality division of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), said. 

“We’re already seeing the consequences of that in lawless and violent enforcement actions in our streets,” she told the Guardian. 

“What’s really terrifying is use of them on the streets, potentially to terrify people, to create a chilling effect. But what’s also scary is what [their] uses will be where we can’t see them. We don’t know how they’re going to be used in places like Fort Bliss,”she added, referring to the largest migrant detention facility in the US, where allegations of abuse are legion. The government denies claims of any inhumane conditions...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/24/ice-officers-electric-shock-gloves

 

Nebraska school district asks police to stop using shock gloves on students

“I can’t even imagine walking down the hallway and seeing a peer of mine being electrocuted in a place that is supposed to be a safe space for students,” said Nora Wessel, a senior at Omaha Central high school. “Yet, this is now a very real possibility. These are adults we are supposed to be able to trust, but these weapons create a barrier for our students to turn to resource officers when needed.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/22/omaha-nebraska-school-district-shock-gloves-police