“"There were no deaths at the hands of ICE in Nassau County." — Bruce Blakeman, Capital Tonight, Aug 26, 2026”
No reporting documents a death caused directly by ICE agents in Nassau County, which is the claim's literal scope. But an ICE detainee was found dead in his Nassau County jail cell in September 2025, sparking a New York State investigation (NY Post, Sep 19, 2025) — Nassau has housed ICE detainees at its East Meadow jail under the county's cooperation agreements, and the Hochul campaign cited that death in direct rebuttal. Whether a death in county custody under an ICE housing arrangement counts as "at the hands of ICE" is a framing dispute; the claim omits the documented custody death. The cause of the detainee's death has not been established in available reporting.