Judge probes Trump administration on 'unwritten' deal for Mexico to accept Cubans

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Judge probes Trump administration on 'unwritten' deal for Mexico to accept Cubans

By Nate Raymond
March 25, 20262:18 PM EDT Updated March 25, 2026

BOSTON, March 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has informed a ​federal court that it deported about 6,000 Cubans to Mexico under an "unwritten" agreement by ‌Mexico to accept them, prompting a judge to demand details and question whether the deal was secret.

U.S. District Judge William Young in Boston laid out his concerns in an order, opens new tabon Wednesday in the case of a Cuban man who was ​arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in February after more than three decades of ​living in the United States.

Lawyers for Jorge Juan Navarro have argued that ICE violated ⁠its procedures and his due process rights by detaining him while knowing authorities could not promptly deport ​him to Cuba, which has often refused to take back its citizens.

The Trump administration since January has been enforcing ​a de facto oil blockade in a bid to starve Cuba of fuel and pressure its government for change, which potentially could lead to measures that allowing Cubans living in the United States to return to their home country

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/judge-probes-trump-administration-unwritten-deal-mexico-accept-cubans-2026-03-25/

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/judge-probes-trump-administration-unwritten-181825022.html

[dweller]

1. Am i the only one

that thought he’d invaded Cuba and was deporting them to Mexico ?
6,000 ?

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