Deaths in ICE Custody Are Growing, and Trump Defends Ballroom Plans
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For the last few days, my colleagues and I in Tel Aviv and Washington, D.C., have been trying to gain a better understanding of Iranian leadership and their ability to make decisions. What we found is there's really a lot of paranoia among Iranian leadership about
Adam Goldman is part of the team at The Times looking at who is calling the shots in Iran after U.S. and Israeli strikes have taken out dozens of top leaders and their deputies. Adam says those strikes have fractured the government. And while Iran's security and military agencies continue to function, the regime's ability to plan new strategies has been weakened. That's in part because the country's surviving leaders feel it can be dangerous to even talk to each other. They're reluctant to send messages or make calls because they're scared of being tracked by U.S. and Israeli intelligence and killed.
On the one hand, we found that the Israelis and Americans have been incredibly successful at penetrating Iranian communications and getting the jump on Iranian leaders that they want to target or, you know, installations where they might be hiding at. But there's probably an unintended consequence here, which is because of this, it's made it increasingly difficult for the Iranian regime to not only enter peace talks, but, you know, be able to communicate with others within the regime about what that peace might look like.
Adam says that in the past week, President Trump has expressed frustration at what he said are mixed messages coming from Iran, which may be a consequence of the fractured government. Still, Trump is threatening more military action if Iran doesn't agree to a peace deal quickly. Meanwhile, in Lebanon, Israel is doubling down on its plans to take control of large portions of the southern part of the country. Its latest push into Lebanon came at the start of the war, after the Hezbollah militia fired rockets in solidarity with Iran. But Israel is now suggesting it could hold that territory even after the conflict ends. Israel has conducted widespread airstrikes and sent ground troops into the region, displacing hundreds of thousands of people just in the south.
Its attacks across Lebanon have killed more than 1,200 people, according to Lebanese authorities.
What recent developments are impacting Iranian leadership?
The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah is intensifying, and it's raising fears for many Lebanese about how long Israeli forces could try to occupy the territory. The last time Israel invaded and took over large parts of Lebanon was in the early 1980s, when it tried to subdue Palestinian groups launching attacks from there. That occupation lasted 18 years.
We consider that these deaths reveal systemic failures, operational deficiencies, and possible negligence. The recurrence and frequency of these deaths are absolutely unacceptable.
The government of Mexico is speaking out about how many of its citizens have died in U.S. immigration facilities since the Trump administration ramped up its deportation campaign. Mexico says the number is now at 14, with the latest death just last week. In all, federal data shows that nearly 50 people from Mexico and elsewhere have died in federal immigration custody since Trump took office. That's the highest number on record since ICE was established more than two decades ago.
My colleagues and I combed through federal lawsuits and interviewed more than a dozen lawyers, detainees, and their family members. And they painted a very stark picture of what's happening inside these facilities.
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