Alexis Malagón remains in immigration custody in Oklahoma

Alexis Malagón, a Cuban truck driver, has remained in immigration custody in Oklahoma since September 9, 2025, when he was detained while driving through Texas. He arrived in the United States through parole in 2014 and had a work permit valid through 2029. His detention has lasted more than a year, and during that time his wife, Nayare Rodríguez, has described the hardship the family faces because of the separation.

Rodríguez said Malagón was driving his truck when a sheriff stopped him and asked him to follow to a weigh station. According to her account, ICE was waiting there. After the arrest, Malagón was first held at the Eden Detention Center in Texas before being transferred to Oklahoma. His wife’s account reconstructs the start of a detention that began during a work trip and continued in immigration custody in another state.

A notice dated May 26, 2026, in federal case 6:26-cv-00104 in the Northern District of Texas reported that Malagón’s custody location had changed to Diamondback in Oklahoma. The record documents that transfer between detention centers. Malagón remains in custody in the state to which he was moved from Texas while awaiting a judicial decision.

Malagón has said he faces obstacles in defending his case. The information does not detail those barriers, but his complaint concerns difficulties he says affect preparation of his defense during his detention. His wife has also described the prolonged separation and its effect on family life, including the business they owned together.

Rodríguez connected her husband’s arrest with the loss of the family business and summarized the impact by saying, “We lost everything, everything, everything.” Her account presents economic and personal consequences associated with Malagón’s absence without separating the business situation from the detention. While he remains in Oklahoma awaiting a court decision, the family continues to face that separation and the loss of its commercial activity.