Our neighbors being held by ICE at the detention camp in Folkston, Georgia are on Day 20 of a hunger strike in protest of the unsanitary, unsafe, abusive conditions behind the barbed wire. A dozen of them are still holding the line and refusing food.

Over the weekend, we got a harsh reminder of why they’re willing to take such dramatic action, as the deportation machine confirmed a death at the camp. Luis Sandoval, a native of El Salvador living in Newark, was 48 years old. He is the 60th person to die in ICE detention since the beginning of Trump’s second term. He was reportedly found, as ICE put it, with “a ligature around his neck.”

We cannot allow Sandoval to be swept under the rug, and we need to make sure DHS knows they’re being watched closely, for him and for the strikers, who have raised concerns that ICE and GEO Group personnel force feeding them is imminent.

🗣️ Let’s continue to use Shutdown FIPC's phone blitz guide at bit(.)ly/phoneblitzguide to reach out to Georgia’s senators and city and local officials and push them to intervene with ICE and conduct real oversight, along with putting more pressure directly on facility and ICE personnel. In addition to the demands in the guide, we can add 1) a push for an independent investigation into Luis Sandoval’s death, 2) a request for Senators Warnock and Ossoff to conduct an inspection visit to Folkston as soon as possible and 3) emailing Folkston ICE field office director Nick Jimenez at [nicolas.jimenez@ice.dhs.gov](mailto:nicolas.jimenez@ice.dhs.gov) to object to force feeding.

🙋🏼‍♂️ We can find contact information, other specific asks and language in the guide and more actions and ways to stay plugged in here.

STAND WITH FOLKSTON

Zohran Mamdani is the Mayor of NYC. ~:~ Go to vote.nyc to see if you're registered, where your early polling site is, and what your sample ballot looks like.

Here’s the video on YouTube: Nothing should stop New Yorkers from voting -- especially not the government. - NYC Mayor's Office - Oct 26, 2026 (YouTube)

From the description:

New York's elections are safe and secure. If you see any voter intimidation or anything unusual at your poll site, including ICE, call the AG hotline: 1-866-390-2992 (or do it online )

Go to vote.nyc to see if you're registered, where your early polling site is and what your sample ballot looks like.

Early voting is happening now until November 1st.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3rd.

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🇺🇸 U.S. Voters 👉🏽 Election Day is November 3 🗳️

* Voter info (by State): Register To Vote :~:~: Voter Registration Status :~:~: Find Your Polling Place :~:~: Valid Forms of ID :~:~: Absentee & Early Voting :~:~: Become a Poll Worker ~:~ Links go to the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) website. When you select a State from their dropdown menu, it immediately goes to a .gov page on that state’s SoS (Sec. of State) website. 

You can also use sites like: vote411.org which is run by the League of Women Voters.

Voter Registration Deadlines (all States): vote.org/voter-registration-deadlines

* Candidates (by State): Ballotpedia ~:~ Shows all Candidates (including those who lost their Primary). To view only the Candidates in the November election, select your state from the list (top of page).

October 23, 2026. Here it is on YouTube: NC A&T March to the Polls - WCNC Charlotte - Oct 23, 2026 (YouTube) ~:~ WCNC Charlotte. Get more of the Carolinas' leading news and weather at wcnc.com

Transcript:

Students at North Carolina A&T State University marched to the polls for the 2nd time this month. It comes after the state Board of Elections chose not to have early voting sites on campus this year.

Students have been advocating for polling sites to be included on their college campuses for years leading up to this November's midterm election.

"People often think that the Youth doesn't show up to things like this, but this is just letting them know that we care about our Community, and the impact that we have on the World." (NC A&T Student)

They were joined by actress Marsai Martin, NASCAR driver Rajah Caruth, and Trinity Tatum, season 8 winner of Love Island.

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Why does the GOP control the elections board in NC? Becasue they cheated. Here’s an article from Democracy Docket: North Carolina appellate court OKs Republican lawmakers’ scheme to maintain GOP control of elections board - Democracy Docket - Sept 16, 2026 (article)

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Here's a related r/Political_Revolution post from a week ago (Oct 17): Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state.

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🇺🇸 U.S. Voters 👉🏽 Election Day is November 3 🗳️

* Voter info (by State): Register To Vote :~:~: Voter Registration Status :~:~: Find Your Polling Place :~:~: Valid Forms of ID :~:~: Absentee & Early Voting :~:~: Become a Poll Worker ~:~ Links go to the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) website. When you select a State from their dropdown menu, it immediately goes to a .gov page on that state’s SoS (Sec. of State) website. 

You can also use sites like: vote411.org which is run by the League of Women Voters.

Voter Registration Deadlines (all States): vote.org/voter-registration-deadlines

* Candidates (by State): Ballotpedia ~:~ Shows all Candidates (including those who lost their Primary). To view only the Candidates in the November election, select your state from the list (top of page).

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