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Force-Feeding

A federal court in Texas granted the government’s request to maintain an order authorizing the forced feeding of an immigrant from India who is detained in an ICE facility and on a hunger strike. 

EL PASO, Texas – A federal court in Texas granted the government’s request to maintain an order authorizing the forced feeding of an immigrant from India who is detained in an ICE facility and on a hunger strike. 

The immigrant is “facing too great a risk of organ failure, muscle atrophy and death,” the court ruled. 

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