AP Investigation: ICE Agents' Use of WRAP Restraint Device

The WRAP Restraint Device

• 💡 The WRAP is a device designed to help law enforcement protect themselves against violence on the job.
• 🎯 Its creator states the purpose of the WRAP is to stop a fight and eliminate strikes, making the restrained person reasonably comfortable.

Allegations of Misuse by ICE Agents

• ⚠️ An Associated Press investigation reveals concerns about the proper use of the WRAP, particularly by ICE agents.
• 🗣️ Multiple individuals interviewed by the AP claim they were restrained in the WRAP when they were not displaying violent behavior.
• ✈️ Some complaints, dating back to 2020, involve being restrained during long deportation flights.
• ⚖️ Several individuals allege they were fitted with the WRAP after requesting an attorney or verbally protesting their deportation.

Company and DHS Response

• 🚫 The company that produces the WRAP expressed that such alleged uses are not the intended purpose of the device and would be difficult to work with if it were an organization's policy.
• 📄 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated that their practices align with other authorities and are in line with established legal standards, but did not answer specific questions from the AP regarding WRAP deployment.