Immigration

Protesters Block Newark ICE Detention Facility Amid Hunger and Work Strike

Gwynne Hogan / THECITY May 26, 2026 Striking Delaney Hall detainees are demanding the immediate release of the young, the elderly and medically vulnerable people. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Immigration

ICE Detainees’ Hunger Strike Is Part of a Long Fight for Freedom

James Anderson / The Real News Network Sep 14, 2023 Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Probe Sought on Force-Feeding of Immigrants by ICE

GARANCE BURKE and MARTHA MENDOZA / The Associated Press Feb 19, 2019 Democratic lawmakers call for the investigation after the agency confirms it had been imposing the procedure on detainees on a hunger strike. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Immigrant Hunger Strike Grows; ICE Detainee Details Force-Feeding

GARANCE BURKE and MARTHA MENDOZA / The Associated Press Feb 3, 2019 Authorities say there are now nine men being force-fed under court order in a detention center in El Paso, Texas. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

ICE Is Force-Feeding Detainees on Hunger Strike

GARANCE BURKE and MARTHA MENDOZA / The Associated Press Jan 31, 2019 Immigration officials say 11 migrants at the El Paso Processing Center in Texas have been refusing food, some for more than 30 days. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Detained Undocumented Mothers Launch Hunger Strike, Vow to Leave ‘Alive or Dead’

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Aug 18, 2016 The women and their families at a Pennsylvania "residential center" have wound up on the cruel end of the Obama administration’s immigration policies, but they’re not accepting their treatment without a fight. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

A Most Unhappy New Year at Guantanamo

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Dec 31, 2015 As the clock counts down to the new year, another clock will continue ticking, counting the days, hours, minutes and seconds since May 23, 2013, the day President Barack Obama promised to free all those prisoners at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay who have been cleared for release. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Poverty Pay’ Leads Wal-Mart Employees to Steal Lunches From Co-Workers

Staff / Truthdig Nov 15, 2015 Wal-Mart's workers are so poor they’re skipping lunch, sharing the food of others or stealing from co-workers, some of them said as they announced a 15-day fast aimed at raising the company's wages. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

California to Move Thousands of Prisoners out of Solitary Confinement

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Sep 2, 2015 Finally, some better news from our nation's prison-industrial complex: California announced Tuesday that thousands of inmates in the state's prisons would be shifted out of solitary confinement. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Passes Law Allowing Force-Feeding of Prisoners on Hunger Strikes

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jul 31, 2015 Palestinians held in Israeli jails have used hunger strikes as a method of nonviolent resistance to protest the policy of detention without charge or trial. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama Administration: Judges Can’t Stop Us From Classifying Whatever We Want

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 9, 2015 U.S. Justice Department attorneys argued -- at a hearing on a lawsuit seeking to make public the videotapes of a prisoner being force-fed at Guantanamo Bay prison -- that courts cannot order the unsealing of evidence that has been classified by the government. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Report: 48 Dead Due to Alleged Poisoning in Venezuelan Jail

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Dec 12, 2014 The exact cause of the inmates' deaths has been the subject of conflicting reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )