Cuban man deported after judge finds due process violated
May 23, 2025·Location: FL
Country of origin: Cuba

Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Quinones, a Cuban man with prior convictions in Florida, was arrested by ICE in April 2025 and placed on a deportation flight to South Sudan. A federal judge ruled the flight violated a court order requiring migrants be given a meaningful opportunity to object to removal; court filings did not indicate whether he had previously appeared before an immigration judge.
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