# ICE given permission to force-feed Cuban hunger striker with gastric tube *Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/source/30a8f7b4 *Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/source/30a8f7b4.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1 Publisher: The Guardian · published 2026-09-05 · read 2026-09-09 Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/cuban-hunger-striker-ice-force-feeding *A source is testimony, not proof. The document itself is never republished here.* ## Who is named (11) - [The Guardian](https://truthscore.com/entity/16264ef6) - [Department of Homeland Security](https://truthscore.com/entity/40cd2acf) - [GEO Group](https://truthscore.com/entity/6d3962d6) - [Montgomery ICE processing center](https://truthscore.com/entity/6fca0239) - [nasal tube](https://truthscore.com/entity/7ea81948) - [court order](https://truthscore.com/entity/8b6dd698) - [percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube](https://truthscore.com/entity/9daea64a) - [Eunice Cho](https://truthscore.com/entity/b4c7f6cb) - [US Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas](https://truthscore.com/entity/cc9982bd) - [Trump Administration](https://truthscore.com/entity/cd09fe68) - [Judge Andrew Hanen](https://truthscore.com/entity/d99943f2) ## What it added - [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) > Federal immigration officials quietly 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, court records reveal. - [The man is likely the 19th hunger striker in ICE detention where the agency has had an application approved to conduct “involuntary medical procedures” since…](https://truthscore.com/claim/79290939) > The man is likely the 19th hunger striker in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention where the agency has had an application approved to conduct “involuntary medical procedures” since January 2025. - [The rising number of cases under the second Trump administration has alarmed advocates amid wide‑ranging accusations of mistreatment inside facilities…](https://truthscore.com/claim/be5f409f) > The rising number of cases under the second Trump administration has alarmed advocates amid wide-ranging accusations of mistreatment inside facilities nationwide. - [ICE followed through with force‑feeding via a nasal tube on the Cuban man in August, after agency officials successfully requested this week that the court…](https://truthscore.com/claim/a7d234bd) > Court orders from the southern district of Texas federal court seen by the Guardian suggest ICE followed through with force-feeding via a nasal tube on the Cuban man in August, since agency officials successfully requested this week that the court order be extended. - [He is currently detained at the Montgomery ICE processing center, a privately‑run detention facility near Houston.](https://truthscore.com/claim/a5995fe3) > He is currently detained at the Montgomery ICE processing center, a privately-run detention facility near Houston. - [The Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday evening the man had “resumed eating and drinking again” and was not being force‑fed.](https://truthscore.com/claim/008d306f) > The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the parent agency of ICE, said on Thursday evening the man had “resumed eating and drinking again” and was not being force-fed. - [The DHS did not answer whether the man had broken his hunger strike this week after the latest court order, or how many times he had been force‑fed prior.](https://truthscore.com/claim/4a29895b) > The DHS did not answer whether the man had broken his hunger strike this week after the latest court order, or how many times he had been force-fed prior. - [The new order gave ICE permission to operate on him to fit a surgical feeding tube without his consent.](https://truthscore.com/claim/29ced802) > The new order had given ICE permission to operate on him to fit a surgical feeding tube without his consent. - [The Guardian is not naming the man because efforts to contact him have been unsuccessful.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9b21ca83) > The Guardian is not naming the man because efforts to contact him have been unsuccessful. - [The secretive practice of force‑feeding inside detention centers has been widely condemned by human rights organizations as torture.](https://truthscore.com/claim/46f89977) > The secretive practice of force-feeding inside detention centers has been widely condemned by human rights organizations as torture. - [Involuntary medical procedures in response to hunger strikes in detention are often painful and traumatizing.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b3dff287) > Involuntary medical procedures in response to hunger strikes in detention are often painful and traumatizing. - [During a prolonged hunger strike, ICE will request permission from a federal judge to conduct force‑feeding, forced hydration and other measures.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5247d8a9) > During a prolonged hunger strike, ICE will request permission from a federal judge to conduct force-feeding, forced hydration and other measures. - [After a judge approves the request, detention center guards hold down a hunger striker while medical staff forcibly insert a tube through the person’s nose and…](https://truthscore.com/claim/1ee6bcf9) > Typically, after a judge approves the request, detention center guards hold down a hunger striker while medical staff forcibly insert a tube through the person’s nose and down their throat, and pump nutritional liquid into their stomach. - [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) > But in this latest case in Texas, ICE also received permission to force-feed the Cuban hunger striker through a “percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy” tube insertion. - [The cruelty of the extreme tactics at ICE’s disposal to end lawful protest, including forcibly cutting into a protester’s body to insert a tube in their…](https://truthscore.com/claim/3f2d3299) > “The cruelty of the extreme tactics at ICE’s disposal to end lawful protest, including forcibly cutting into a protester’s body to insert a tube in their stomach, underscores the horrors happening outside our view in ICE detention centers,” said Savannah Kumar, a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas. - [The high number of verified court orders since January 2025 raises serious concern.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e1bd30ce) > “The high number of verified court orders since January 2025 raises serious concern,” said Eunice Cho, an immigrant and civil rights attorney who has extensively documented forced treatment on hunger strikers in ICE detention. - [The high number suggests several possibilities, none of which are positive, including that conditions are so bad that more people are hunger striking in…](https://truthscore.com/claim/c7601b2b) > Cho added that the high number “suggests several possibilities, none of which are positive”, including that conditions are so bad that more people are hunger striking in protest, and that officials “are more frequently failing to attempt to resolve the issue in a less confrontational and dangerous manner, instead resorting to forced medical intervention”. - [The Cuban man was arrested by ICE on 22 July and was declared a hunger striker three days later.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3f6eb79b) > The Cuban man was arrested by ICE on 22 July and was declared a hunger striker three days later, court records show. - [A GEO Group spokesperson referred all questions to ICE.](https://truthscore.com/claim/0c259eac) > A GEO Group spokesperson referred all questions to ICE. - [The US attorney’s office in the southern district of Texas did not respond to a request for comment.](https://truthscore.com/claim/f38d5c4c) > The US attorney’s office in the southern district of Texas, which is representing ICE in the latest court proceedings, did not respond to a request for comment. - [An ICE official and a doctor at the facility requested permission to force‑feed the Cuban hunger striker in August.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3a84c156) > An ICE official and a doctor at the facility requested permission to force-feed the Cuban hunger striker in August, filings show. - [Federal judge Andrew Hanen gave permission for ICE to force‑feed the hunger striker on 19 August.](https://truthscore.com/claim/fa273341) > On 19 August, federal judge Andrew Hanen gave permission for ICE to force-feed the hunger striker. - [ICE requested the judge extend his order on 1 September.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e273b9e3) > And on 1 September, ICE requested the judge extend his order. - [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) > This Wednesday, Hanen extended the order, which is set to expire in mid-September. It includes the option for ICE to use the surgical tube insertion. - [The Cuban hunger striker does not have any current legal representation.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5f9a7289) > Like in many cases reviewed by the Guardian, the Cuban hunger striker does not have any current legal representation. - [The lack of legal representation in a process where the government seeks to subject him to an invasive, involuntary medical procedure performed without consent…](https://truthscore.com/claim/90900ccf) > “The fact that this person lacks legal representation in a process where the government seeks to subject him to an invasive, involuntary medical procedure performed without consent is a tragedy, and a clear failure of our justice system,” Cho said. - [The Cuban hunger striker entered the US unlawfully in 1980 and was ordered deported in 2004.](https://truthscore.com/claim/65b99e29) > According to a DHS spokesperson, the Cuban hunger striker entered the US unlawfully in 1980 and was ordered deported in 2004. - [He was previously convicted of aggravated assault with a weapon, aggravated battery, drug possession, and carrying a concealed firearm.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c1fea7be) > The DHS claims he was previously convicted of “aggravated assault with a weapon, aggravated battery, drug possession, and carrying a concealed firearm”. - [He received due process and will remain in ICE custody until removed from the United States.](https://truthscore.com/claim/38adf06b) > The spokesperson added that he “received due process and will remain in ICE custody until removed from the United States”. - [Facilities distribute proper food, hygiene, phone and other basic services, and during hunger strikes ICE continues to provide three meals a day delivered to…](https://truthscore.com/claim/5eef81da) > The DHS also said facilities distribute proper food, hygiene, phone and other basic services, and that “during hunger strikes, ICE continues to provide three meals a day, delivered to the detained alien’s room”. - [The Trump administration had previously refused to acknowledge the force‑feeding of hunger strikers in ICE detention, until later into the Guardian’s…](https://truthscore.com/claim/e6251e06) > The Trump administration had previously refused to acknowledge the force-feeding of hunger strikers in ICE detention, until later into the Guardian’s investigation confirming the practice. ## What it cost Reading this document into the graph cost $0.01.