‘What they’re doing qualifies as torture’: new details of ICE force-feeding revealed
Summary
Since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has force-fed at least three detained immigrants who were on hunger strikes protesting detention conditions. The force-feeding process involves inserting tubes to give nutrition against prisoners’ will and has been criticized by human rights groups as a form of torture.Key Facts
- ICE tried to force-feed at least 10 hunger strikers in detention centers since January 2025.
- At least three detainees were force-fed; others were threatened with force-feeding.
- One Afghan man was force-fed daily for nearly six months in Texas detention centers.
- A Ukrainian detainee with mental health problems had his force-feeding stopped by his attorney.
- A Saudi woman on hunger strike was hospitalized and ended her strike before force-feeding started.
- Force-feeding involves restraining prisoners and inserting tubes through the nose to deliver liquid nutrition.
- ICE obtains quick court orders to carry out force-feeding, often without detainees having legal help.
- Human rights groups and medical experts consider force-feeding hunger strikers to be a cruel, harmful practice viewed as torture.
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