ICE given permission to force-feed Cuban hunger striker with gastric tube

A judge has granted ICE permission to force-feed a detained Cuban hunger striker in a Texas detention center. Court records reveal the agency can use a rare, nonconsensual surgical procedure to insert a gastric tube without the detainee's consent. This individual is likely the 19th hunger striker since January 2025 to face approved involuntary medical procedures. Advocates have expressed alarm over the increasing number of such cases occurring under the second Trump administration's immigration policies.