Another four detainees are on hunger strikes in the agency’s Miami, Phoenix, San Diego and San Francisco areas of responsibility, said ICE spokeswoman Leticia Zamarripa on Wednesday. ICE officials say they closely monitor the food and water intake of detainees identified as being on a hunger strike to protect their health and safety. ICE did not immediately respond to queries about how often they are force-feeding detainees. In Tacoma, Washington, where immigration detainees have held high-profile hunger strikes in recent years, courts have ordered force-feeding at least six times, according to court records. Since May 2015, volunteers for the nonprofit Freedom for Immigrants have documented 1,396 people on hunger strike in 18 immigration detention facilities.

Source: Huffington Post January 31, 2019 14:59 UTC