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
Protesters depicting detainees of the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.AP Photo/Lefteris PitarakisU.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...