U.S. Border Patrol arrests Cuban woman with a homicide conviction who had evaded deportation

A Cuban citizen who served prison time in the United States for involuntary manslaughter with a deadly weapon and had evaded a deportation order was arrested by the Border Patrol (USBP) in Broward County, South Florida.

The head of the Miami Sector of the USBP, Jeffrey Dinise, reported this Tuesday on his official account on X that agents from the Dania Beach station apprehended the Cuban woman, but did not specify the date or circumstances.

The authorities introduced the arrested individual as the "Criminal of the Week" and included a photo along with a brief profile of her "violent past," which mentions her conviction for homicide. However, they did not disclose her name.

Dinise explained that the illegal immigrant from Cuba had received a deportation order after serving 15 years in a Florida state prison, but did not leave the U.S.

“The actions of our agents to enforce the law ensure the safety of our communities by removing dangerous criminals from our streets,” emphasized the officer.

The arrest of the Cuban citizen is part of the stringent offensive driven by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and carried out by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), along with other agencies, resulting in the detention of thousands of foreigners with criminal records, including many Cubans, who fail to meet legal requirements in the northern nation, such as deportation orders.

ICE has emphasized that these actions are part of operations to locate and deport immigrants with serious criminal records, and that the objective is to protect communities and enforce the country's immigration laws.

Immigration authorities have intensified operations to identify migrants with pending expulsion orders.

To strengthen the enforcement of immigration laws and increase the capacity for transporting deported individuals, the DHS signed this week a contract worth almost 140 million dollars to acquire six Boeing 737 aircraft for these operations.

All these measures are taking place in a context of greater against immigration, which have escalated to unprecedented levels and are now targeting foreigners with legal status in the U.S., further raising tensions in migrant communities.