Hunger Strike

42 documented incidents tagged “Hunger Strike” in the Human Impact Project database. View all on the interactive map.

• Somali asylum seeker beaten at Guantánamo Bay after months in ICE detention, deported

  Sep 25, 2026 · St. Paul, MN

• Cuban immigrant held over a year in Eswatini prison after deportation without consent

  Sep 19, 2026 · Eswatini

• Cuban ICE detainee force-fed via surgical tube after judge's order during hunger strike

  Sep 1, 2026 · Conroe, TX

• Grievance system meant to protect ICE detainees has collapsed, NPR review finds

  Aug 20, 2026

• Over 140 detainees on hunger strike at Tacoma ICE detention center over food and medical care

  Aug 12, 2026 · Tacoma, WA

• Kurdish filmmaker force-fed in ICE detention describes psychological trauma

  Aug 10, 2026 · Los Fresnos, TX

• Afghan, Ukrainian, and Saudi detainees force-fed in ICE custody; torture allegations emerge

  Aug 5, 2026 · Texas

• Hunger strikers subjected to force-feeding in ICE detention centers

  Aug 3, 2026 · Los Fresnos, TX; Miami, FL; Washington State; Houston, TX

• Adelanto detainees zip-tied, threatened with teargas after staging hunger strike

  Jul 28, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Detained immigrant force-fed during hunger strike in ICE custody

  Jul 28, 2026

• Man from Burkina Faso confined a year at Newark detention center seeking asylum

  Jul 27, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Gay asylum seeker redetained by ICE weeks after court-ordered release, faces deportation

  Jul 17, 2026 · New York, NY

• Detainees at Fort Bliss beaten by guards, denied medical care in widespread abuse documented by ACLU and Human Rights Watch

  Jul 16, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Detainees report indiscriminate beatings, medical neglect at Fort Bliss immigration detention camp

  Jul 15, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Cuban detainee deported to Ecuador after hunger strikes, alleges ICE silencing

  Jul 13, 2026 · Florence, AZ

• 300 detainees at Delaney Hall stage hunger strike over unsafe conditions, face retaliation

  Jun 30, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Asylum seeker detained 2 years exposes ICE abuse through LA Times op-ed, files habeas petitions

  Jun 25, 2026 · California City, CA

• 10-year-old girl fainted outside detention center denied visit to diabetic father during hunger strike

  Jun 19, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Belizean hunger strike organizer deported after testifying to Congress about Adelanto jail conditions

  Jun 16, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Family visits rejected over 'provocative' toddler clothing at ICE detention center

  Jun 15, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Hundreds stage hunger strike at Newark detention facility over spoiled food, pepper spray used on protesters

  Jun 11, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Hundreds protest hunger strike at Newark detention center; senator pepper sprayed, dozens arrested

  Jun 8, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• ICE fires tear gas at senator during detention center visit over substandard conditions

  May 27, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Detainees hunger strike at Adelanto ICE facility over conditions, deaths, and inadequate care

  May 26, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• ICE transferred hundreds of detainees from Newark facility amid hunger strike protests

  May 24, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Peruvian detainee moved to solitary confinement during Newark facility protest

  May 24, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Cuban detainee transferred across four states after hunger strike, then deported

  May 11, 2026 · Estancia, NM

• ICE detainees in Baldwin, Michigan begin hunger strike over conditions and long stays

  Apr 23, 2026 · Baldwin, MI

• Nearly 100 detainees stage hunger strike at Moshannon Valley center over medical care

  Apr 20, 2026 · Clearfield County, PA

• Ukrainian detainee denied psychiatric medications, loses 46 pounds during hunger strike in ICE custody

  Apr 12, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Father detained by ICE while buying diapers, experienced medical neglect in custody

  Feb 3, 2026 · Kearny, NJ

• U.S. citizen threatened ICE agents at home, husband detained and facing deportation to Iran despite execution risk

  Feb 2026 · Tempe, AZ

• Ghanaian LGBTQ+ asylum seeker deported to Cameroon despite US protection order

  Jan 15, 2026

• Class-action lawsuit filed over conditions at California City ICE detention facility

  Nov 12, 2025 · California City, CA

• Detainee with stomach ulcer denied medication, forced hunger strike at California City ICE facility

  Sep 18, 2025 · California City, CA

• 66-year-old Cuban cancer survivor with partial lung removal denied medical care for months, placed in freezing holding cell

  September 2025 · El Paso, TX

• Somali men told they'd be deported home instead shipped to Guantanamo Bay

  Aug 28, 2025

• 911 calls reveal conditions inside Alligator Alcatraz migrant facility

  Aug 5, 2025 · Ochopee, FL

• Detainees on hunger strike at Florida immigration detention center

  Aug 1, 2025 · Miramar, FL

• Russian immigrant detained by ICE despite requesting voluntary departure

  Aug 2025 · Tacoma, WA

• ICE mistakenly puts Indian national on Alaska flight during deportation

  Jun 17, 2025 · Tacoma, WA

• Indian National Seeking Self-Deportation Sent to Alaska by ICE, Re-detained Upon Return

  May 2025 · Seattle, WA