A Cuban with a history of armed robbery and cocaine possession was arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Miami, 16 years after an immigration judge ordered his deportation from the United States.
The arrested individual was identified as Roberto González Fonseca, 57 years old, who came under federal custody on July 31 during an operation by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with the support of the Miami-Dade authorities.
The case was revealed on social media by Ali Bradley, senior immigration and border correspondent for NewsNation.
González Fonseca entered the United States legally in 1991 and later obtained permanent residency.
However, his immigration status changed after he was convicted of armed robbery. In 2010, an immigration judge ordered his removal from the country.
The order remained unexecuted for more than a decade and a half, until immigration authorities detained him this summer.
In addition to his prior record, the Cuban is facing a new charge for possession of cocaine, related to an arrest that took place in Florida in February of this year.
According to information released by Bradley, González Fonseca is currently in ICE custody awaiting deportation.
His case is one of several recorded in 2026, where U.S. immigration authorities have detained Cubans with final deportation orders issued many years ago.
The increase in migration actions is also reflected in the statistics. Detentions of Cubans by ICE increased by 463% between October 2024 and January 2026.
In June alone, U.S. immigration courts issued more than 1,600 new deportation orders against Cuban citizens.
It is estimated that more than 42,000 Cubans have final deportation orders pending in the United States, which suggests that the pace of executions could continue to increase in the coming months.
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