Much of what happens in ICE detention has been hidden from public view over successive administrations. DHS sources also said that ICE “provides involuntary medical treatment only to prevent imminent life-threatening harm or death”. Any involuntary medical treatment is undertaken only pursuant to legal authority and under the direction of qualified medical professionals. Dozens of pages of federal court records verify that Choli was subjected to force-feeding, including declarations by ICE doctors and officers. His case could be the longest documented case of force-feeding in ICE detention to date.