More than 4,000 Cubans received deportation orders issued by immigration courts in Florida between October 2025 and June 2026, a figure that places Cuba among the four countries with the highest number of citizens facing expulsion in the state.
According to a report from WUSF, based on data from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), immigration judges in Florida issued approximately 35,300 deportation orders since the beginning of the current federal fiscal year on October 1, 2025.
Of the total, 5,027 were citizens of Guatemala, 4,783 were Venezuelans, 4,220 were Hondurans, and 4,007 were Cubans.
The figures reflect orders issued by immigration judges, but they do not necessarily mean that all those individuals have been deported.
The execution of expulsions is the responsibility of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), while the judicial processes are managed by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), which is part of the Department of Justice.
For Cubans, the figure of 4,007 orders confirms the direct impact that the tightening of migration policies is having in Florida, the main destination for the Cuban community in the United States.
Florida accelerates deportation orders
In June alone, immigration judges in Florida issued 5,415 expulsion orders, an increase of 17.6% compared to the 4,605 recorded in March.
The increase is approaching 18% in just four months, although it remains below the national average growth of 30% during the same period.
The detailed data was processed by TRAC Immigration, a research center affiliated with Syracuse University that analyzes federal administrative records on immigration, detentions, and court operations.
On a national scale, June ended with approximately 79,000 deportation orders, the highest monthly figure recorded at that time during President Donald Trump's second term.
Of the 99,441 cases resolved by the country's immigration courts during that month, 78% resulted in an order of deportation. Only 1,883 immigrants were granted permission to remain in the United States.
The official statistics from the EOIR show that during the first two quarters of fiscal year 2026, 279,770 initial deportation decisions were issued nationwide.
Of these, 155,472 were issued in the absence of the accused.
Miami-Dade leads in pending cases
Miami-Dade continues to be the jurisdiction with the highest number of pending immigration cases in the United States, with 137,373 unresolved cases.
Florida also ranks fifth nationally in the number of detained immigrants, with 3,934 individuals in custody.
Approximately a quarter remains in the county's state immigration detention center, known as the Deportation Center.
Despite the high number of orders issued since October, only 948 individuals received some form of immigration relief in Florida during the analyzed period.
Haitians experienced one of the most significant increases nationwide, with a 96% rise in deportation orders between March and June.
The situation coincides with the decisions made by the Trump administration regarding the termination of Temporary Protected Status, the implementation and effects of which on work permits have been detailed by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
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