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An Associated Press investigation reveals a surge in detainee suicides within ICE custody since January 2025, with at least 10 men dying by self-harm. Experts cite systemic failures in mental health care, delayed screenings, and isolation contributing to these preventable deaths.

The White House launched a new space-themed website, Aliens.gov, to highlight immigration enforcement actions. Using extraterrestrial imagery, the site aims to showcase arrests of undocumented immigrants and promote President Trump's agenda. It features a live dashboard and interactive map of enforcement activities, drawing criticism for its dehumanizing language.

Apple has released crucial security updates (iOS 26.4.2 and iPadOS 26.4.2) to fix a bug allowing deleted messages to be recovered. This flaw reportedly enabled the FBI to retrieve Signal messages even after the app was uninstalled, by accessing them from the device's notification database. The patch addresses this vulnerability, ensuring better user privacy.

The FBI reportedly accessed deleted Signal messages from an iPhone by tapping into the device's notification database. Even after the app was removed, incoming message content was found stored, raising privacy concerns for secure messaging apps. While outgoing messages remained inaccessible, this discovery highlights a potential vulnerability in how notification previews are handled on iPhones.

US immigration authorities are set to dramatically expand detention capacity by 2026, earmarking $38 billion for facility acquisition and renovation. This initiative aims to boost ICE's bed capacity to over 92,600, anticipating heightened enforcement. The plan involves converting buildings into regional processing centers and establishing large detention hubs for deportations, funded by a significant congressional package.

The Biden administration considered closing or downsizing nine immigration detention centers last year due to high costs and staffing shortages, according to a draft memo from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The memo identified six of the nine centers as being operated by private companies, including the Torrance County Detention Facility in New Mexico, which had been flagged for safety risks and unsanitary conditions.

As many as 33,593 Indian nationals are facing removal proceedings in US while 820 Indians are in detention centres across the US. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has provided this information in response to a North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) plea under the Freedom of Information Act.

Three Indian men seeking asylum in the US have been forced to receive intravenous drips at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility as their hunger strike entered the twentieth day. The men went on a hunger strike demanding they be released while they appeal their deportation orders.

The US Department of Homeland Security has tightened rules for Congressional visits to immigration detention centers, requiring prior notice and restricting access. This follows several contentious visits by Democratic lawmakers. A recent clash in New Jersey led to the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and assault charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver.

A coalition of human rights groups on Tuesday leveled new criticism at a privately operated migrant detention facility in New Mexico, where they say fast-track asylum screenings routinely take place without legal counsel or adequate privacy during sensitive testimony.

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, was detained by ICE agents in March over alleged antisemitism. Ozturk describes the detention facility as inhumane, citing unsanitary conditions, inadequate medical care, and mistreatment, including a nurse forcibly removing her hijab. While the department of homeland Security claims she supported Hamas, a judge has questioned the legality of her detention.

An Indian researcher at Georgetown University, Badar Khan Suri, was arrested and faces deportation under accusations of promoting Hamas propaganda. Arrests of campus activists, including Mahmoud Khalil of Columbia University, are occurring amidst heightened scrutiny by US authorities on anti-Semitic activities under the Trump administration.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested and accused of trespassing at a new federal immigration detention center, Delaney Hall, during a protest with members of Congress. Baraka denies the charges, claiming he was invited to the facility for a press conference. The incident escalated into a heated argument, with accusations of political games and obstruction of congressional oversight.

Federal authorities are actively searching for Benjamin Hanil Song, accused of a central role in an "ambush" at an ice detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4. Song allegedly fired upon law enforcement officers with AR-15-style rifles from a concealed position.