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3,690 Nigerians Listed As Trump Escalates Deportation Of Illegal Immigrants
By Benjamin Abioye
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The US government, in line with President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, has identified 3,690 Nigerians living illegally in the country who are set to be deported.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) which is responsible for identifying illegal immigrants say that Nigerians so identified and others from other countries will be deported by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
The Nigerians targeted to be deported were listed under the “Noncitizens on the ICE Non-Detained Docket with Final Orders of Removal by Country of Citizenship.” This is part of the broader enforcement of immigration policies that President Trump initiated during his first days in office. On his inauguration day, he signed a series of executive orders aimed at changing immigration rules, which included stopping the automatic granting of citizenship to children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants.
As of November 2024, ICE reported that there were 1,445,549 non-citizens in the U.S. under final removal orders. According to a 2024 Migration Policy Institute (MPI) report, the U.S. is home to nearly 46.2 million undocumented immigrants.
The latest data from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) highlighted that Mexicans made up the largest group of unauthorized immigrants, totaling 4.81 million in 2022. Other significant groups included immigrants from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. Additionally, nations such as the Philippines, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, India, and China also had substantial unauthorized immigrant populations in the U.S.
In 2023, U.S. Census Bureau data showed that the Nigerian population in the U.S. stood at 604,077. Foreign nationals facing deportation are often detained by ICE prior to their removal, with some appearing in immigration court for hearings. In a document titled “Noncitizens on the ICE Non-Detained Docket with Final Orders of Removal by Country of Citizenship,” it was revealed that Mexico and Nicaragua top the list of nations with the highest number of deportations, with 252,044 and 45,955 individuals, respectively.
At the weekend, Colombia announced it would reject deportation flights from the U.S. after Brazil and Mexico raised concerns about the inhumane treatment of migrants arriving handcuffed and shackled.
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