Víctor Manuel Izquierdo is one of the 82 Cubans deported this Thursday, April 24, to the Island. In the United States, he leaves behind his entire family: his mother, Sandy Peralta; his grandmother Delfina Torres, to whom he is very close; and, most importantly, his wife, Zunami Pérez Alonso, an American citizen and the mother of their only child, a baby one year and nine months old.
In statements to CiberCuba, the wife of the deported young man asks for his case to be reviewed because Víctor Manuel Izquierdo has no one in Cuba, neither family nor home, and, on the contrary, leaves everything he has in this world in the United States, including his only son. "It didn't matter that he had family in the United States. I ask that you touch your hearts. No one wants to go through this," she said in her statements to CiberCuba.
The young man entered American territory through the Mexico border in 2019, as a minor, and at that time he was given an I-220B document. Since then, he has been attending his annual appointment with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) accompanied by his mother, but in August 2024, he turned 21 years old, and at his appointment on March 28, 2025, he was detained in Tampa.
"He had a marriage proposal, he was working, he had no legal issues, no criminal record. He is very proper. He entered this country as a minor. We had high hopes that they would take all those things into account so that he could stay here, awaiting his marriage application process, reporting in, always doing everything he needed to ensure everything went smoothly," explains his wife in an audio message sent to this platform.
Until the moment of his arrest and subsequent deportation to Cuba, Víctor Manuel Izquierdo worked for a solar panel company and, together with his wife, had a stable life, with steady income and taxes up to date. However, they also had financial commitments to meet: the payment of household bills, car expenses, and all costs related to the birth of their child. Now, his wife is forced to shoulder all those expenses alone.
"My husband always played with the boy (his son); he was always right there with him, playing, showing affection, giving love, and now he’s gone. Within 24 hours, they deported him to Cuba, and I didn’t even know anything from the moment he said goodbye to us. It was a tremendous agony. I didn't know what had happened; whether he was still here, whether he had already been sent, or what time his flight was leaving or arriving in Cuba. I found out that my husband was in Cuba because I had to trace his phone through the phone company to find out if the phone was still in the United States. That was how I learned that Víctor had arrived in Cuba," Zunami Pérez added.
"I ask that you please have a little more compassion, that you touch your hearts for those who have no crimes, who are simply working, who are only fighting for a future. My husband has no future at all where they sent him. He has no family, no home, no place there; he has absolutely nothing," she concluded.
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