percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube
asset
Also written as: surgical feeding tube · the tube
Involved in
- Judge Hanen extended the order on Wednesday, which is set to expire in mid‑September and includes the option for ICE to use the surgical tube insertion.
- Federal immigration officials received permission from a judge in recent weeks to force‑feed a detained Cuban hunger striker inside a Texas detention center, including with the use of a rare, nonconsensual surgical procedure.
- The new order gave ICE permission to operate on him to fit a surgical feeding tube without his consent.
- In this latest case in Texas, ICE also received permission to force‑feed the Cuban hunger striker through a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube insertion.
Statements attributed to it
Nothing in the record is attributed to this entity as a speaker.
Origin: first recognised while reading ICE given permission to force-feed Cuban hunger striker with gastric tube · 2026-09-09 06:33