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Federal Judge Will Allow ICE to Force-Feed Hunger Striking Asylum Seeker

HeadlineJun 27, 2025

A federal judge has granted a request from the Trump administration to force-feed an Iranian asylum seeker who is on hunger strike while detained at the Florence ICE jail in Arizona. Last month, Mehrad Asadi Eidivand was arrested by federal immigration agents outside his home in Phoenix. He’s been on two hunger strikes since.

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