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The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) published on its official X account on Monday the criminal profile of Eduardo Pérez, a Cuban citizen detained at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey, with a record that includes domestic violence and child abuse.
According to the post, Pérez's record includes two charges of domestic violence, cruelty toward a minor—specifically, impregnating a minor under 16 while being over 21—possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer, driving under the influence of alcohol, and five violations of probation.
The most serious charge, impregnating a minor under 16 years of age while being over 21, constitutes a crime of child sexual abuse under the laws of most states in the country.
The post includes an institutional identification photo showing a middle-aged man, apparently in his 50s, with dark hair mixed with gray and a gray beard, dressed in a gray t-shirt with orange trim.
Delaney Hall, located in Newark, is operated by The GEO Group under a contract with ICE valued at 1 billion dollars for 15 years, with a capacity for 1,000 detainees. The center was reactivated in February 2025 and has become one of the most controversial in the northeastern part of the country.
The case of Pérez is not the first of its kind in New Jersey. In March 2026, ICE arrested the Cuban Álvaro Tuero upon his release from the state prison in Bridgeton, with a history of sexual assault against a 13-year-old and multiple parole violations.
In April 2026, the agency also arrested the Cuban Michel Proenza Martínez in Newark who had a final deportation order after being released from a federal prison in New Jersey.
This practice of publishing criminal records on social media is part of ICE's communication strategy during the Trump administration to support or publicly explain its immigration enforcement operations.
In that context, the detentions of Cubans have skyrocketed. ICE increased its arrests of Cuban migrants by 463% between the end of 2024 and the end of 2025.
In terms of deportations, the United States has repatriated 612 Cubans to the island in 18 operations during the first five months of 2026, and since January 2025, the total number of Cubans deported from U.S. territory to Cuba and third countries has risen to approximately 4,883 individuals.
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