Rep. Veronica Escobar demands ICE to end force-feeding

<p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: Open Sans; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 26px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Rep. Veronica Escobar and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, along with 14 Members of Congress, sent a letter to ICE acting director Ronald Vitiello demanding ICE to end the practice of force-feeding detainees.</p>

<p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: Open Sans; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 26px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">"We were disturbed to hear ongoing reports of hunger strikes at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities in Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas. We were equally troubled to learn that several of these individuals are being forced-fed," wrote the lawmakers. "Given that the United Nations recognizes forced-feeding as ‘tantamount to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment' it is critical that ICE commit to ending this practice."</p>