Yosvel Mesa remains detained in Texas after signing for voluntary deportation

Yosvel Mesa Diéguez, a Cuban citizen, remains detained in Texas in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement even though he says he signed documents accepting voluntary deportation. According to his account, he signed three months ago. Mesa remains in an immigration detention center and is asking for his removal to take place. He says he accepted deportation but remains in custody awaiting departure.

In a telephone communication, Mesa said he wants to be deported so the confinement will end. He said he had already signed and asked to be removed from the center. He used the last minutes of telephone credit he had left to convey his message. In his own words, his request is for the departure he says he accepted to be carried out. His account therefore keeps deportation at the center as the way to end his detention in Texas.

Mesa's mother, a Miami Gardens resident, fears for her son's life and links her concern to what she describes as a decline in his physical and mental health during confinement. Her concern addresses Mesa's personal condition while he remains in immigration custody. The family situation appears from two perspectives: he asks for the deportation he says he signed to be executed, while his mother warns about the detention's effect on his health.

His mother also said that her son told her immigration authorities wanted to keep him detained until March or April 2027. That period forms part of what she says Mesa communicated about his situation. The possibility that custody could continue until those months contrasts with his expressed desire to leave the center as soon as possible through deportation. For the family, Mesa's health and the duration of detention are linked concerns arising from his continued custody.