Elias Cardoza-Torres, a 58-year-old Cuban national, was arrested by ICE on June 11, 2026, after being released from Miami-Dade County custody. Cardoza-Torres entered the United States in 1989 with a temporary stay permit and was eligible to adjust his immigration status under the Cuban Adjustment Act but never did. An immigration judge issued a final deportation order against him in April 2000, but he remained in the United States for over 26 years, accumulating convictions from 1991 to 2018 for selling heroin, cocaine possession, burglary, vehicle theft, drug possession, and a weapons-related felony, as well as an arrest for assault. ICE acting director David J. Venturella said Cardoza-Torres had never been a lawful permanent resident and had disregarded both immigration and criminal laws; he remains in ICE custody pending deportation.