ICE Reportedly Arrests Cuban Aged 70

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Periódico Cubano, a Cuban news site, published a report that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a 70-year-old Cuban man who has had a deportation order since 2009. The full text of that report, the man’s name, the place of arrest and any ICE statement were not available for review, so the case is treated here as an unconfirmed report.

Separately, ICE order DO99-004, dated 10 June 2026 and posted by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) on 29 October 2026, lets local ICE field chiefs revoke the release of immigrants who live free on orders of supervision. Orders of supervision are one way people with old final removal orders stay out of detention, which is why the order matters to Cuban families in cases like the one reported.

What the ICE Order Says

The order was issued and took effect on 10 June 2026, and it hands the authority of the executive associate director of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations to field office directors, deputy field office directors and assistant field office directors. The authority cannot be passed down further, and it stays in effect until it is rescinded.

For people released on an order of supervision after less than 180 days of detention following a removal order, the officials may revoke the release if the purposes of release have been served, a condition was broken, enforcing the removal order is appropriate, or other circumstances show release is no longer appropriate. For people released because there was no significant likelihood of removal in the reasonably foreseeable future, the order allows revocation only after a violation of a release condition or when changed circumstances make removal likely.

The text names no nationality, announces no operation and revokes no release by itself, and it cites two federal rules, 8 CFR 241.4 and 8 CFR 241.13. The Cuban outlet CiberCuba wrote on 30 October that it may matter for Cubans with final orders who live under supervision, including holders of Form I-220B, and noted that it does not order mass revocations.

What a Final Removal Order Means

Under 8 USC 1231, when a person is ordered removed the government must remove that person within 90 days, a span the law calls the removal period. A person who is inadmissible, removable on certain listed grounds, or judged a risk to the community or unlikely to comply may be detained beyond that period and, if released, is subject to supervision terms.

The federal rule 8 CFR 241.13 sets review procedures for people detained after the removal period who give good reason to believe there is no significant likelihood of removal, to the country named in the order or to a third country, in the reasonably foreseeable future. That is one legal route by which people with final orders can end up free on supervision, and the June 2026 order now lets local chiefs pull that release back in defined cases.

Third Countries and the Supreme Court

On 29 September 2026 the US Supreme Court stayed a 25 February 2026 federal district court judgment in Massachusetts and took up the case known as D.V.D. (No. 26-426), which will be argued in its December 2026 session.

One of the questions is whether the government’s guidance on removals to third countries is unlawful under 8 USC 1231(b), the Due Process Clause or the Convention Against Torture rules, and Justices Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson would have denied the stay.The stay is covered in Rio Times reporting on the third-country ruling, and Telemundo 51 in Miami published a report on 30 October 2026 about a Cuban man who says he was sent to Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic.

He told the station he shares space with about 32 people, mostly Cubans, and the station said the Department of Homeland Security had not answered its questions by publication.Telemundo 51 also cited data from the Migration Policy Institute that the third-country policy involves cooperation agreements with about 35 nations.

The same report quotes an immigration lawyer who says a pending family petition does not protect a person from deportation when an order exists.

What Is Known About the 70-Year-Old

The Periódico Cubano headline says the man is 70 years old and has had a deportation order since 2009, and it promises to explain what he did. Nothing else from that report could be confirmed, and the ICE news page could not be searched, so no agency release on the case was reviewed.

A 2009 order would be more than 16 years old, and the headline does not say what happened to the man in the years since. Whether the man was on an order of supervision, and whether the June 2026 delegation played any role in his arrest, is not stated in anything opened.

What It Means for You

For Cuban families in Florida and elsewhere, the practical point is that a release on an order of supervision is not permanent, and local ICE chiefs now hold the authority to decide on revocation in defined cases. People who report to ICE on supervision should keep every condition of their release and carry the paperwork, and CiberCuba advises consulting a specialized immigration lawyer.

For other readers, the report points to how a decision made in 2009 can still shape enforcement in 2026, and the Supreme Court’s December hearing on third-country removals could change where people with final orders can be sent. Rio Times Cuba coverage follows the policy and the people it touches.

What Is Not Known

The man’s name, the city of his arrest, the date, his criminal record and the ICE office that held him are not available. No ICE or Department of Homeland Security statement on the case was reviewed.

It is not known how many people on orders of supervision are affected by the June 2026 order, or whether any release has been revoked under it. The order does not say how Cuban nationals specifically are treated.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why was a 70-year-old Cuban arrested by ICE?

Periódico Cubano reports that ICE arrested a 70-year-old Cuban who has had a deportation order since 2009. The reason, the place and any ICE statement are not available.

What does ICE order DO99-004 do?

It lets ICE field office directors and their deputies revoke releases of immigrants on orders of supervision in defined cases. It was issued on 10 June 2026 and posted publicly by AILA on 29 October 2026.

Can ICE deport Cubans to a third country?

The Supreme Court paused a lower-court judgment on 29 September 2026 and will hear the case in December. Telemundo 51 reported on 30 October that a Cuban man was sent to the Central African Republic.

What should a Cuban on ICE supervision do?

Keep every release condition, carry the paperwork and ask a specialized immigration lawyer about the grounds for revocation. CiberCuba gave the same advice on 30 October 2026.

Sources: Periódico Cubano, headline only (page blocked); ICE Delegation Order DO99-004, 10 June 2026, posted by AILA on 29 October 2026; CiberCuba, 30 October 2026; US Supreme Court order list, 29 September 2026; Telemundo 51, 30 October 2026; 8 USC 1231, Legal Information Institute; 8 CFR 241.13, Electronic Code of Federal Regulations.

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