Juneau Man Detained by Federal Immigration Officials and Transferred Out of Alaska
Cruz Vargas-Enriques, a 42-year-old Juneau resident with children attending local schools, was detained by federal immigration officials in Anchorage on October 28. According to the Alaska Department of Corrections, he was subsequently transferred out of Alaska on November 7. Vargas-Enriques is at least the seventh Juneau resident to be detained by federal immigration officials since the beginning of 2025. He was among 18 individuals held by the Alaska Department of Corrections on behalf of the federal government in October, all of whom have since been transferred out of the state's correctional system. The specific reasons for his detention by federal officials are not clear, with his most recent criminal charge in the Alaska Court System's database dating back to 2017.
