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Guardian: At Least 10 Hunger-Striking ICE Detainees Subject to Involuntary Medical Procedures

HeadlineAug 04, 2026

According to court records revealed by The Guardian, the Trump administration tried to subject at least 10 hunger-striking ICE detainees to involuntary medical procedures, including force-feeding. At least three — and possibly five — detainees were actually force-fed, while five others abandoned their hunger strikes at the last moment rather than be inserted with a tube through the nose and down the esophagus and into the stomach. One Kurdish asylum seeker and hunger striker detained at the privately run Port Isabel Service Processing Center in South Texas was subjected to force-feeding for nearly eight months.

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