An open letter to the U.S. Congress

NO on $20M ICE SHOCK GLOVES.

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You must speak up - loudly and immediately - against DHS's $20 million purchase of electrified restraint devices for ICE. There is no legitimate debate here. This is a torture device, and it is indefensible on both moral and fiscal grounds. Torture: Electroshock restraints inflict deliberate pain on detained people. The Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. International law defines this as torture. There is no gray area. Waste: $20 million for instruments of abuse while communities lack basic services. This is not resource allocation - it is priorities completely unmoored from public good. We need to see: 1. A public statement opposing this purchase - this week 2. Your commitment to vote against any funding appropriation 3. Your participation in oversight efforts to stop this This is the moment that separates rhetorical commitment to human rights and constitutional limits from actual leadership.

▶ Created on August 14 by Still Voice

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