# percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube
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Kind: **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.](https://truthscore.com/claim/0028ebb4)
- [Federal immigration officials received permission from a judge in recent weeks to force‑feed a detained Cuban hunger striker inside a Texas detention center…](https://truthscore.com/claim/1f15fb92)
- [The new order gave ICE permission to operate on him to fit a surgical feeding tube without his consent.](https://truthscore.com/claim/29ced802)
- [In this latest case in Texas, ICE also received permission to force‑feed the Cuban hunger striker through a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube insertion.](https://truthscore.com/claim/6b34e109)