Force feeding Articles – Texas Monthly

Border & Immigration |

September 26, 2019

Weighing Just 107 Pounds and at Risk of Death, an Asylum Seeker on Hunger Strike Finally Gets His Freedom

After 76 days on hunger strike and almost a year in detention, Ajay Kumar has been released from ICE custody in El Paso.

By Robert Moore

The Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral, New Mexico, on April 10, 2019.

Border & Immigration |

July 18, 2019

More Asylum Seekers Stage Hunger Strikes at El Paso Detention Center

Four Indian men have refused to eat since July 8 in hopes of being released on bonds while awaiting deportation hearings.

By Robert Moore

Border & Immigration |

April 11, 2019

Two of the Asylum-Seekers Who Were Force-Fed at an El Paso Detention Center Are Now Free

In their first interview with the press, the two Indian nationals say the force-feeding process was dehumanizing and painful.

By Robert Moore