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    ICE Confirms Force-Feeding Of Detainees On Hunger Strike

    The agency said it respects the right to voice opinions and doesn't retaliate against hunger strikers. "It's extremely painful and it's against their will," a lawyer for two asylum-seekers told NPR.
    by Vanessa Romo Jan 31, 2019 2 minutes
    On Thursday ICE officials confirmed at least six immigrant detainees on a hunger strike are being force-fed through a nasal tube.

    At least six immigrant detainees on a hunger strike have been force-fed through nasal tubes by immigration authorities, while nine other asylum-seekers are starving themselves, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed on Thursday.

    Eleven of the detainees refusing food, some for more than a month, are in custody at the El Paso Processing Center. Four others are in ICE detentions centers across the country: one each in Miami, Phoenix, San

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