Congressional Democrats send scathing letter to ICE and DHS decrying treatment of hunger strikers

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.

A group of seven congressional Democrats sent the letter earlier this week to Markwayne…