Indian asylum seekers, on hunger strike at Texas detention centre, forced to hydrate | World News, The Indian Express

Indian asylum seekers, on hunger strike at Texas detention centre, forced to hydrate | World News, The Indian Express

By PTI |Houston |Updated: July 29, 2019 12:22:07 pm

Indian asylum seekers, on hunger strike at Texas detention centre, forced to hydrate

The men went on a hunger strike at the ICE detention centre on July 9, demanding they be released while they appeal their deportation orders. They are asylum seekers whose claims have been denied and are seeking to reopen or appeal their cases, said their attorney Linda Corchado.

In this June 2018 file photo, protesters walk along Montana Avenue outside the El Paso Processing Center in El Paso, Texas. A few Indian nationals seeking asylum in the U.S. have been forced to receive IV drips at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas as they approach their third week of a hunger strike, according to their attorney. (AP)

Three Indian men seeking asylum in the US have been forced to receive intravenous drips at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in El Paso, Texas on Sunday as their hunger strike entered twentieth day, their attorney said.