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A Kurdish immigrant held by ICE claims the agency force-fed him against his will while he was on a hunger strike, causing severe psychological harm. The case raises questions about detention practices.
A Kurdish immigrant in ICE custody claims the agency force-fed him against his will during a hunger strike, causing severe psychological damage. Force-feeding is a medical and ethical flashpoint—it's not routine detention practice but rather an intervention typically reserved for extreme situations, and it carries real risks of physical and psychological harm. The detainee's account describes it as a breaking point, not a procedural necessity.
The specific claim here matters because it goes beyond conditions-of-confinement complaints into territory around bodily autonomy and coerced medical intervention. Hunger strikes are often a detainee's only form of protest against detention conditions or as a plea for case review. Force-feeding removes even that option. If the allegation is accurate, it suggests ICE treated a hunger strike as insubordination to be reversed by force rather than as a signal that detention was causing serious harm.
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