Key facts
- Gabar Choli, a Kurdish filmmaker and asylum seeker, detailed his experience with ICE.
- Choli was force-fed by ICE for nearly eight months.
- He described the force-feeding as excruciating and traumatizing.
- Guards reportedly wrestled him to the ground for the procedure.
- Medical staff inserted feeding tubes through his nose.
Kurdish filmmaker and asylum seeker Gabar Choli has detailed his experience of being forcibly fed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for approximately eight months. Choli described the force-feeding process as excruciating and deeply traumatizing. According to his account, guards would physically wrestle him to the ground to restrain him for the procedure. Medical staff then inserted feeding tubes through his nose as part of the force-feeding regimen. This account sheds light on the severe and potentially inhumane conditions faced by some individuals during immigration detention and asylum processes.