Migrants hunger strike was broken forcefully in Texas

Six migrants on hunger strike at an immigration detention center in Texas are being force-fed. Immigration officials used a plastic nasal tubes to feed the men, which family members say are causing severe nosebleeds and vomiting.

The detainees are refusing food over conditions at El Paso Processing Center, the Associated Press reports. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says a federal judge authorised the force-feeding this month.

Its been told that many from India and Cuba, went on hunger strike to protest against guards verbally abusing them and threatening to deport them. They are also protesting against the length of time they are being detained while they await legal proceedings.

As well as the detainees in El Paso, another four men are on hunger strike in Miami, Phoenix, San Diego and San Francisco, ICE says. When a person is force-fed through the nose, a lubricated tube is pushed through the nostril until it reaches the throat. Liquid food is then pumped into the stomach.

ICE spokeswoman, Leticia Zamarripa, said that a federal court had approved the use of force-feeding against the hunger strikers in mid-January, about two weeks after detainees started refusing food