ICE’s Use of Full-Body Restraints: A Grave Breach of Human Dignity and Accountability

In the shadows of America’s immigration system, a disturbing practice has persisted, raising serious questions about the respect for human dignity and adherence to constitutional rights. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has increasingly used full-body restraints known as the WRAP during deportations—a device likened to a straitjacket that immobilizes detainees for hours, sometimes under harrowing and painful conditions. When Security Crosses the Line into Inhumanity Originally designed as a safeguard for law enforcement confronting violent individuals, the WRAP device’s use by ICE stretches beyond its intended purpose. Numerous testimonies from deportees—including a Nigerian man forcibly flown to Ghana, detained...