Kurdish filmmaker recounts ICE forced-feeding during hunger strike

Kurdish film-maker Gabar Choli, who sought asylum in the U.S. and was deported to Canada in January 2026, says ICE guards force-fed him via a nasogastric tube for about eight months while he was on a hunger strike at Port Isabel, Texas, causing serious injuries and profound trauma; doctors and rights groups call the practice torture. A Guardian investigation found that since early 2025 ICE obtained court orders to force-feed at least 18 hunger strikers, a figure likely higher, often without the detainee’s input. The story underscores concerns about medical ethics, detainee rights, and the use of involuntary treatment in immigration detention.