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US Democratic senators call on ICE to cancel electric shock glove procurement

Democratic senators have urged US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to abandon plans to equip officers with electric shock gloves.

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A group of Democratic senators, led by Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, has called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to cancel a plan to purchase gloves capable of delivering painful electric shocks for use by its officers.

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Group of Democratic senators calls on ICE to cancel plan to buy electric shock gloves

A group of U.S. senators led by Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada urged Immigration and Customs Enforcement to cancel its plan to outfit officers with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks.

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