ICE Admits Force-Feeding Detainees in at Least 3 Cases as DHS Claims 'Best Healthcare'
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Updated · The Mirror US · Aug 10
ICE Admits Force-Feeding Detainees in at Least 3 Cases as DHS Claims 'Best Healthcare'
3 articles · Updated · The Mirror US · Aug 10
Summary
At least three detained immigrants were forcibly treated in 2025 and 2026, with ICE acknowledging it can impose involuntary medical procedures including force-feeding after seeking judicial authorization.
DHS said such interventions are used when a detainee faces serious risk of death or permanent harm, or when other legal or operational interests apply, while insisting licensed professionals direct the care.
The Guardian reported two more probable forced-treatment cases and said five other hunger strikers ended protests to avoid procedures such as nasal tube feeding, forced hydration, blood draws and urine collection.
The disclosure comes after a second death in ICE custody at Delaney Hall and drew renewed criticism from immigrant-rights advocates, who say force-feeding hunger strikers amounts to brutality or torture.