Homan: ICE detainees on hunger strike will be force-fed ‘if it gets bad enough’
About 300 detainees are striking over conditions and due-process complaints as Homan says force-feeding could be used if their health worsens.
- On Tuesday, Border Czar Tom Homan warned that officials may seek court orders to force-feed ICE detainees at Delaney Hall in Newark if physicians determine their health is in "extreme" medical danger.
- Around 300 detainees at the facility began a coordinated labor and hunger strike last Friday to protest allegedly "deplorable" conditions, including neglected medical care and due process violations.
- Demonstrations escalated into violent confrontations on Monday, with ICE agents reportedly using pepper spray on Senator Andy Kim and resulting in three arrests outside the detention center.
- Representative Rob Menendez rejected the force-feeding threat after visiting the site, stating he does not believe ICE has "any limits on its cruelty" and citing inadequate medical attention.
- Department of Homeland Security officials denied the strike's existence, labeling it a "political stunt," while Homan defended ICE detention standards as industry-leading despite recent deaths in custody.
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Since 22 May, hundreds of migrant detainees have been on a hunger strike to denounce "inhumane" conditions in a New Jersey prison.
Delaney Hall detainees hospitalized amid week-long hunger strike as clashes between ICE agents and protesters continue outside facility
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Homan Says New Jersey ICE Hunger Strikers Could Face Force-Feeding Orders
Newark, New Jersey — White House border adviser Tom Homan said Tuesday that immigration detainees participating in a hunger strike at a New Jersey detention facility could potentially be force-fed if doctors determine their health reaches a critical stage. The comments came as roughly 300 detainees at Delaney Hall in Newark continue a coordinated labor and hunger strike that began last week. Protesters allege poor living conditions, inadequate m…
Tensions erupt between protesters and ICE agents amid hunger strike at Delaney Hall in New Jersey
Protesters remained at the gate Thursday morning, facing off with ICE agents outside Delaney Hall migrant detention center, where a hunger strike is underway.
The Border Tsar claims that immigrants detained at Delaney Hall Center could be forcibly fed if they continue on hunger strike
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