据《卫报》调查，特朗普政府下的美国国土安全部通过法院命令，对至少10名在移民及海关执法局（ICE）拘留中心的绝食者实施了强制进食等非自愿医疗程序[1]。这些强制措施包括强制进食、强制输液和非自愿抽血，从2025年特朗普就职前三天开始实施[1]。
在已确认的案件中，至少3人遭受了强制进食、强制输液和非自愿抽血等程序，另有2人可能受到强制治疗，而5人在程序即将开始前结束了绝食[1]。一名库尔德寻求庇护者在德克萨斯州Port Isabel设施遭强制进食近8个月，自2025年5月开始至被驱逐出境[1]。同一设施还有另一名绝食者遭强制进食近6个月，时间为2025年9月至2026年3月[1]。迈阿密Krome设施的一名被拘留者则遭受了近3个月的强制医疗[1]。
在至少6个案件中，被拘留的移民在法院诉讼中没有法律代理人[1]。此外，2024年拜登政府期间也曾对至少10名绝食者实施过类似程序[1]。
The Trump administration's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency obtained court orders to conduct involuntary medical procedures on at least ten immigration detainees who were on hunger strike, according to an investigation by the Guardian.[1] At least three individuals were confirmed to have undergone force-feeding, forced intravenous injections, and involuntary blood draws, while two others may have been subjected to forced medical treatment.[1] An additional five detainees ended their hunger strikes before the procedures could commence.[1]
The forced feeding operations began three days before Trump took office in January 2025 and occurred across multiple ICE detention facilities.[1] A Kurdish asylum seeker held at the Port Isabel facility in Texas was force-fed for nearly eight months beginning in May 2025 until his deportation, while another hunger striker at the same facility underwent force-feeding for approximately six months between September 2025 and March 2026.[1] A third detainee at the Krome facility in Miami experienced forced medical treatment lasting nearly three months.[1] In at least six cases, detained immigrants lacked legal representation during court proceedings related to these interventions.[1]
The use of court-ordered force-feeding is not unique to the Trump administration; the Biden government had similarly subjected at least ten hunger strikers to comparable procedures during 2024.[1]