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August 12, 2026
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NILC Statement on ICE’s Plan to Buy Electric Shock Gloves
WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to reports that ICE is planning to spend up to $20 million on electric shock gloves for inhumane enforcement:
“ICE has repeatedly demonstrated a willingness to use aggressive and even deadly force against immigrants and U.S. citizens alike. This is a rogue agency with an $80 billion slush fund that allows them to concoct and fund new ways to visit cruelty upon our communities. Arming poorly trained agents with electric shock gloves to inflict pain on our neighbors is disgusting and barbaric. Congress must end the blank check to ICE, and ICE must get out of our communities.”
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TIRRC v. Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, Jeff Long
This case challenges a new rule from the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOS) that blocks many non-U.S. citizens from getting temporary driver’s licenses, even when they have authorization from the federal government to...
Last update: Oct 30, 2026
NILC and TIRRC Sue Tennessee Over Rule Denying Driver’s Licenses to Tennesseans with Legal Presence
Published Oct 30, 2026 The National Immigration Law Center and the Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition (“TIRRC”) filed a lawsuit today challenging a new rule from the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOS) that blocks many non-U.S....
Advocates for Unaccompanied Children Applaud Judge’s Decision to Block the Government from Rushing Asylum Proceedings
Published Oct 30, 2026 Legal services providers representing thousands of immigrant children celebrated a federal court’s ruling granting a temporary restraining order (TRO) that will help prevent the government from fast-tracking the deportation of unaccompanied...