Crime & Justice · Oct 6, 2026ICE Watch: Russians in ICE Detention Plan Hunger Strike to Protest Poor Conditions

ICE Watch & Accountability · Daily Update · October 6, 2026, 8:42 AM CDT

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Detention & Deaths

Russians in ICE Detention Plan Hunger Strike to Protest Poor Conditions

More than 50 detainees, including Russian citizens, are planning to launch a hunger strike this week to protest what they have described as unbearably harsh conditions at one of the largest U.S. immigration detention centers, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The detainees are located at the Folkston D. Ray ICE Processing Center, a privately run Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Folkston, Georgia, that was expanded last year under a $47-million contract with the Department of Homeland Security. A document written by detainees dated Sept. 14 and seen by The Moscow Times describes a range of issues. Among them: a lack of adequate medical and dental care, problems communicating with people on the outside, disparaging attitudes from staff and poor living conditions at the facility, part of which is a converted former prison.^[1]

Bozeman Man Released From ICE Custody Following Detainment on June 29th

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Courts & Lawsuits

Judge Blocks ICE Rule Streamlining Civil Immigration Penalties

A Boston district court judge halted a Trump administration overhaul of guardrails for civil immigration penalties.

An interim final rule issued by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement last year likely conflicts with the Immigration and Nationality Act, Judge George A. OâToole, Jr of the US Court for the District of Massachusetts found. He issued a stay of the policy while litigation continues in a Sept. 30 order. The ICE rule streamlined the process to fine immigrants for civil violations like failure to depart the country after a removal order.^[3]

Judge Rebukes ICE Agents for Falsifying Records After Wrongful Arrest

A federal judge in New York said ICE agents falsified official records and gave false or misleading testimony after illegally arresting a man they claimed to have mistaken for someone else, finding that the evidence did not support the agency’s account of what happened.

Brown found that the subsequent arrest paperwork contained false information and that officers later gave inconsistent, false or misleading testimony in court. He found Almonte's arrest and detention illegal and provisionally granted his habeas petition.^[4]

“The claims of misidentification here prove baseless, the arrests were procedurally deficient and legally invalid, and ICE agents falsified official records trying to conceal their illegal actions,” Brown wrote in a 28-page ruling issued Monday in the Eastern District of New York.
— as reported by Newsweek

Raids & Arrests

Podcast: Inside El Paso’s ICE arrest surge and the families caught in deportation proceedings

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Diego Mendoza-Moyers: Today: ICE arrests have surged in El Paso this year. So far in 2026, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have arrested 3,500 people in the El Paso area (as of Aug. 5), part of a nationwide increase in immigration arrests this year as federal agents have detained 255,000 people nationwide, including 50,000 in the month of July alone. The surge in arrests is part of the Trump administration’s stated target of deporting 1 million immigrants per year.^[5]

ICE Arrests in Colorado Shift Toward Public Spaces and Workplaces, Affecting Families

Posted on 10/06/26 at 08:00 – Public spaces in Colorado are seeing more ICE operations.

– Families with children are being affected. Immigration detentions at workplaces and in public spaces account for a growing share of documented operations in Colorado: they rose from 37% in 2025 to 48% between January and July 2026. A report by the Colorado Rapid Response Network (CORRN), presented on Monday, October 5, shows a shift in where the operations are taking place: interventions at homes declined from 30% to 20%.^[6]

Oversight & Policy

Florida City That Willingly Signed Deal With ICE Finds Itself in Crisis

Half the population of Doral, Florida, is from Venezuela.

Why haven’t its leaders rescinded their deal with ICE? The City of Doral is in crisis. Since Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, the Florida municipality has found itself in the crosshairs of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with ongoing raids and targeted operations that seem to be intensifying in recent weeks.^[7]

ICE detentions are pure racism, Letters to the editor, Oct. 6

With county tax revenue potentially increasing in the coming years, the treasurer will need more than accounting skills.

The role will also demand effective supervision, careful planning and sound advice to the county commissioners on investments and cash flow. These capabilities cannot be developed “as needed.” As the longtime chief executive of Mid Oregon Federal Credit Union, Bill Anderson already has them.^[8]

Primary Records

Check the government’s own records directly:

• ICE detainee death reporting (ICE’s own notices)
• DHS Office of Inspector General reports
• ICE online detainee locator

References

1. The Moscow Times. Russians in ICE Detention Plan Hunger Strike to Protest Poor Conditions. ↩
2. Fairfield Sun Times. Bozeman Man Released From ICE Custody Following Detainment on June 29th. ↩
3. Bloomberg Law News. Judge Blocks ICE Rule Streamlining Civil Immigration Penalties. ↩
4. Newsweek. Judge Rebukes ICE Agents for Falsifying Records After Wrongful Arrest. ↩
5. El Paso Matters. Podcast: Inside El Paso’s ICE arrest surge and the families caught in deportation proceedings. ↩
6. MundoNOW. ICE Arrests in Colorado Shift Toward Public Spaces and Workplaces, Affecting Families. ↩
7. theappeal.org. Florida City That Willingly Signed Deal With ICE Finds Itself in Crisis. ↩
8. Central Oregonian. ICE detentions are pure racism, Letters to the editor, Oct. 6. ↩

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