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ICE detainees on hunger strike are being force-fed, just like Guantánamo detainees before them

  • Written by A. Naomi Paik, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ICE detainees on hunger strike are being force-fed, just like Guantánamo detainees before themProtesters depicting detainees of the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, is force-feeding nine detainees who are on a hunger strike at a detention center in El Paso, Texas.

The protesters are mostly from India and are being held in ICE custody while their...

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