Romario Hughes was an MSU student who was arrested two months ago and taken to the Wichita County Jail where he was held and eventually released into Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. Hughes was a member of the formula SAE team, as well as the SGA and Redwine Honors.

On Feb. 20, 2026, the Wichita County police department arrested Hughes and held him in the Wichita County Jail for three days. On Feb. 23, they Released Hughes into ICE custody.

Following his initial detaining on the Feb. 23 he was transported and is currently being held in an ICE detention center in Eden. Hughes is still within the Eden detention center, two months following his detainment.

There have been many reports over the recent months and year detailing and discussing the horrible conditions that are maintained within these ICE facilities and the cruel treatment detainees endure.

The individuals I spoke to within the ICE detention center directed me to the Dallas field office which is responsible for his case. The Dallas field office however, directed me back to the center he is currently being held in, thus forming a loop of finger pointing with no real solution to contacting him.

There was much talk online from people who claimed to be his peers, they attested to Hughes being a hard working student, they were taken aback by his arrest and eventual detainment.

Coupled with this were accounts of Hughs’s criminal past, including evading arrest last year.

People on Facebook debated under the “Saycheese Wichita County Mugshots & Arrests” post regarding Hughes. There was disagreement over whether or not Hughes was deserving of the detainment he is currently experiencing.

Many would argue that due to Hughes’s past conduct, he was deserving of legal punishment. However,the standard treatment for criminals within the U.S (jail and or prison sentences) is not equivalent with the punishment one endures when being held in one of these facilities.