5月20日，德莉亚·拉米雷斯在华盛顿特区的国会山。得克萨斯州拘留设施内的移民抗议恶劣条件，称他们遭到强制喂食的威胁。本周，多位国会议员致信联邦移民官员，要求就得克萨斯州一处移民拘留所内的条件作出答复，与此同时，被拘留的移民正在进行长时间绝食抗议，声称官员对他们进行报复，并威胁对他们强制喂食。
Delia Ramirez on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on 20 May. Immigrants at Texas detention facility, protesting harsh conditions, say they’ve been threatened with force-feeding Members of Congress sent a scathing letter to federal immigration officials this week demanding answers about conditions inside a Texas immigration jail, as detained immigrants on a prolonged hunger strike claim officials are retaliating against them and threatening them with force feeding.
本周早些时候，七名国会民主党人致信国土安全部部长马克韦恩·马林和移民及海关执法局代理局长戴维·文图雷拉，抗议绝食者所受的待遇。
A group of seven congressional Democrats sent the letter earlier this week to Markwayne Mullin, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, and David Venturella, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting director, protesting about the treatment of hunger strikers.
位于得克萨斯州雷蒙德维尔的埃尔瓦列拘留设施关押着男性和女性移民，近几周因恶劣条件的指控而受到审视。绝食的被拘留移民称，该设施医疗条件不达标、饮用水无法饮用，且看守虐待他们。一些绝食者还在抗议他们被长期拘留，并要求加快案件处理，或转移到离全国其他地方亲人更近的设施。
The El Valle detention facility in Raymondville, Texas, detaining men and women, has fallen under scrutiny in recent weeks for allegations of harsh conditions. Detained immigrants on hunger strike say the facility has substandard medical care, undrinkable water and guards that mistreat them. Some hunger strikers are also protesting their prolonged detention and are asking for their cases to move more quickly or to be transferred closer to loved ones in other parts of the country.
“显而易见，国土安全部继续表现出对我们社区的健康、尊严、人格和安全的严重漠视，”由伊利诺伊州众议员德莉亚·拉米雷斯领导的这群议员在致国土安全部和移民及海关执法局的信中表示。“然而，我们仍致力于开展监督、为我们的选民发声并追究责任。”这些众议员“明确谴责”该设施被报道的条件。
“It is abundantly clear that DHS continues to demonstrate gross disregard for the health, dignity, personhood, and safety of our communities,” the group of lawmakers, led by Illinois representative Delia Ramirez, said in their letter to the DHS and ICE. “However, we remain committed to conducting oversight, advocating for our constituents, and pursuing accountability.”The representatives “unequivocally condemn” conditions reported at the facility.
“无论这些条件是源于漠视还是无力，此类条件都违反了……国土安全部和……移民及海关执法局有据可查的拘留标准，”信中写道。
“Whether they arose through indifference or inability, such conditions violate the … DHS and ... ICE documented detention standards,” the letter said.
拉米雷斯在帖子中写道：“很明显，国土安全部继续表现出对我们健康、尊严、人格以及社区安全的严重漠视。”这封国会信发出之际，正值特朗普政府以强硬但更为低调的反移民打击行动推进之时，被移民和海关执法局拘留的人数不断增加。
“It’s clear that DHS continues to demonstrate gross disregard for our health, dignity, personhood, and the safety of our communities,” Ramirez posted on The congressional letter comes as the number of people detained by ICE increases amid the Trump administration’s aggressive but quieter anti-immigrant crackdown.
过去几周，佐治亚州的参议员们也对该州福克斯顿移民和海关执法局拘留中心持续进行的绝食抗议表达了担忧。《卫报》上周报道，一名被关押在那里的男子死亡，与此同时还出现了有关威胁强制喂食的指控。国土安全部否认佐治亚州的绝食者受到威胁。
In past weeks, senators from Georgia have similarly expressed concern about an ongoing hunger strike at the Folkston ICE detention center complex in their state. The Guardian reported last week that a man detained there died, even as allegations surfaced of force feeding threats. The DHS denies the hunger strikers in Georgia have been threatened.
这封最新信件由众议员拉米雷斯、得克萨斯州的格雷格·卡萨尔和贾斯敏·克罗克特等人签署，还要求提供有关被拘留者人数、医疗质量等更多细节。
The latest letter, signed by representatives Ramirez, Texas’s Greg Casar and Jasmine Crockett and others, also demands details about the detainee population, the quality of medical care and more.
这些众议员写道：“人们不应被关押在这些可怕的拘留中心——绝食者应被释放回家与家人团聚，我们要求他们得到保护，免于进一步拘留和驱逐出境。”“我们还要求你们不要对任何被你们拘留的人强制喂食。”国土安全部发言人在一份声明中表示，该部门通过官方渠道回应官方信函，并补充说这些众议员“应该感谢我们的执法部门将这些危险罪犯从他们的选区清除出去——而不是诋毁执法部门”。
“People should not be detained in these horrific detention centers – the hunger strikers should be released to their families and we demand that they receive protection from further detention and deportation,” the representatives wrote. “We also demand that you refrain from force-feeding any person in your custody.”In a statement, a DHS spokesperson said that the department responds to official correspondence through official channels and added that the representatives “should be thanking our law enforcement for removing these dangerous criminals from their districts – NOT vilifying law enforcement”.
国土安全部没有提供证据证明参与绝食的被拘留者有犯罪记录，这些人的亲属曾与《卫报》交谈。
DHS did not provide proof that the detainees participating in the strike, whose relatives spoke with the Guardian, have any criminal history.
埃尔瓦莱由威拉西县地方政府公司所有，由私营监狱公司管理与培训公司（MTC）运营。该地方政府公司未回应置评请求。MTC将所有问题转给移民和海关执法局。
El Valle is owned by the Willacy County Local Government Corporation and operated by the private prison company Management and Training Corporation (MTC). The local government corporation did not respond to a request for comment. MTC referred all questions to ICE.
《卫报》采访了被关押在埃尔瓦列的3名寻求庇护者的亲属，他们均已被关押近一年，并正在参与这场罢工，罢工已持续近三周。
The Guardian spoke with three relatives of asylum seekers detained in El Valle, who have all been detained for nearly a year and are participating in the strike, which is approaching three weeks.
10月11日，埃尔瓦列设施内的被拘留移民发起了绝食。据家属和权益倡导者称，最初有二十多名来自俄罗斯、喀麦隆等国的移民参与。家属表示，目前仍有4名女性和10至20名男性在参与绝食。绝食者之一是来自俄罗斯的寻求庇护者因娜·叶列梅耶娃。
On 11 October, detained immigrants inside the El Valle facility launched the hunger strike. More than two dozen immigrants, from Russia, Cameroon and other countries, first participated, according to family members and advocates. There are now four women and 10 to 20 men still participating in the strike, family members said. One of the hunger strikers is Inna Eremeeva, an asylum seeker from Russia.
叶列梅耶娃的丈夫阿列克谢通过翻译说，在被拘留期间，“她的腿部和髋部开始出现剧烈疼痛”。“她感觉私密部位有肿块。她被拒绝获得任何医疗服务来查明原因。”阿列克谢还说，官员此前告诉绝食的女性，她们将被转移到另一处移民和海关执法局设施接受强制喂食。得克萨斯州的其他移民和海关执法局拘留中心曾被用来对被拘留者进行强制喂食。
While in detention, “she started having serious pain in her legs and her hips”, Eremeeva’s husband, Alexei, said through an interpreter. “She feels a growth in her private areas. She has been declined any medical care to figure out what is going on.”Alexei also said that officials earlier told hunger-striking women they would be transferred to another ICE facility to be force-fed. Other ICE detention centers in Texas have been used to force-feed detainees.
移民和海关执法局发言人在一份声明中表示，“关于被拘留者受到威胁的说法是虚假的。没有被拘留者被强制喂食，也没有人被威胁强制喂食。”
In a statement, an ICE spokesperson said that “allegations that detainees are being threatened are FALSE. No detainees are being force fed or threatened with force feeding.”
移民和海关执法局还补充说：“在绝食期间，移民和海关执法局继续每天提供三餐，送至被拘留外国人的房间，并提供充足的饮用水或其他饮料。”“移民和海关执法局致力于确保其羁押下所有人员的安全、保障和福祉。”叶列梅耶娃于2024年抵达美国并申请庇护。2025年11月，叶列梅耶娃在一次作为卡车司机的工作出行中，在得克萨斯州的一个边境巡逻检查站被拦下，并被官员逮捕。此后她一直被拘留。
“During hunger strikes, ICE continues to provide three meals a day, delivered to the detained alien’s room, and an adequate supply of drinking water or other beverages,” ICE added. “ICE is committed to ensuring the safety, security, and well-being of all individuals in its custody.”Eremeeva arrived in the US in 2024 and requested asylum. In November 2025, during one of Eremeeva’s work trips as a truck driver, she was stopped at a border patrol checkpoint in Texas and arrested by officials. She has been in detention since.
美国国土安全部在一份声明中表示，叶列梅耶娃是“使用拜登政府灾难性的CBP One应用程序”进入美国的，该应用程序曾被用于处理寻求庇护者，而他们“在未经任何审查的情况下被释放到国内”。叶列梅耶娃目前仍被拘留，她正在对移民和海关执法局的驱逐企图提出抗辩。
DHS said in a statement that Eremeeva entered the US “using the disastrous Biden administration CBP One app”, which was used to process asylum seekers and “released in the country completely unvetted”. Eremeeva remains in detention as she challenges ICE’s attempts to deport her.
“人们在移民和海关执法局拘留的黑洞中感到绝望和无助，”德克萨斯州美国公民自由联盟（ACLU）的专职律师萨凡纳·库马尔说。“全国各地的移民拘留中心里的人不得不诉诸绝食，因为他们被关押在令人感觉无法生存的环境中。”阿马利娅·吉尔穆特迪诺娃的丈夫肖赫鲁赫·阿卜杜拉耶夫也被拘留，并参与了绝食。美国国土安全部称，阿卜杜拉耶夫同样曾是一名卡车司机，于2025年11月在德克萨斯州的一个检查站被捕。他于2021年9月使用CBP One应用程序进入美国。
“People are feeling hopeless and desperate in the black hole of ICE detention,” said Savannah Kumar, a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas. “People in immigration detention centers across the country have had to resort to hunger strikes because they are caged in conditions that feel unsurvivable.”Amaliia Gilmutdinova’s husband Shokhrukh Abdullaev is also detained and participating in the strike. Abdullaev also worked as a truck driver and was arrested in November 2025 at a checkpoint in Texas. He entered the country in September 2021 using the CBP One app, DHS said.
“他非常害怕说任何话，”吉尔穆特迪诺娃通过翻译谈到她的丈夫时说。“他非常害怕被重新关进隔离室。”另一名男子今年63岁，患有多种健康问题，他的女儿因担心遭到报复而要求不公开他们的姓名。他正在参与绝食。她说，这名男子经常在惊恐发作时给女儿打电话，女儿引导他做呼吸练习以使他平静下来。
“He is very afraid to say anything,” Gilmutdinova said about her husband through an interpreter. “He is very much afraid of being put back in isolation.”Another man, whose daughter requested their names not be shared for fear of retaliation, is 63 years old and struggles with various health problems. He is participating in the hunger strike. The man calls his daughter frequently with panic attacks and she guides him through breathing exercises to calm him down, she said.
德克萨斯州美国公民自由联盟的库马尔还表示，移民和海关执法局“实质上把人们无限期地关押在远离家人的地方”，并指出第五巡回法院最近的一项裁决认定，德克萨斯州、路易斯安那州和密西西比州的移民和海关执法局被拘留者无权申请保释。
Kumar from the ACLU of Texas added that ICE “essentially locks people up away from their families indefinitely”, pointing to a recent fifth circuit court decision that ICE detainees in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi do not have the right to seek release on bond.
据这名63岁男子的女儿说，“他唯一想要的就是能够见到家人。他想被转移。”她补充说：“他像个孩子一样问：‘我为什么在这里？我什么都没做。’”
According to the 63-year-old man’s daughter, “the only thing he wants is to be able to see his family. He wants to be transferred.”“He is like a child, asking: ‘Why am I here? I didn’t do anything’,” she added.