EXCLUSIVE: An ICE detainee on a hunger strike finally began eating again, but immigration officials force-fed him anyway—and the procedure went so badly that one of the guards in the room thought the man was having a stroke, according to court filings
Hamad Mohsen Thabit Saad Sayad, a 28-year-old asylum-seeker from Yemen, said he fled his homeland after facing persecution by Houthi rebels. He has been in ICE detention since Dec. 16, 2020 and was facing deportation until a federal judge issued an emergency stay as Sayad’s case is further reviewed. In January, Sayad, who tested positive for COVID-19 that same month, launched a hunger strike to protest his conditions.
. That morning, Sayad had eaten a pureed breakfast “and was open to other nutrition including soups and juices,” the report states. A federal judge had previously given ICE permission to force-feed Sayad if he was in danger of dying from starvation, the filing points out. However, it claims Sayad “had been gaining weight and eating and there was no medical reason that he needed immediate nutrition.” In fact, the doctor wrote, Sayad “had adequate calorie reserves to wait a few hours and try again with one of the many options he suggested.
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