As the Donald Trump administration moves ahead with its immigration crackdown, the large-scale deportation operation in the US is said to have affected over 1.4 million non-citizens.
These deportations have targeted individuals with final removal orders and affected residents from more than 150 countries, in one of the most extensive removal efforts in American history.
According to data from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 1,445,549 individuals are currently on the non-detained docket with final removal orders.
Many have lived in America for years but exhausted their legal avenues to stay.
The affected individuals come primarily from regions across Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe, with Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador among the most impacted.
ICE has emphasized that it is working to remove individuals promptly, though challenges remain. Some deportations have been delayed due to a lack of travel documents or foreign government resistance.
While the US expected countries to accept their nationals, some governments have been slow or unwilling to cooperate.
Below is a list of all countries affected and number of illegals being prepped for repatriation, as posted by Fox News online:
According to this information, 3,228 Ghanaians in the US are facing deportation from the US as the Donald Trump administration continues its crackdown on immigration.
Other African countries listed in large numbers include:
Cameroon (1,736), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1,068), Egypt (1,461), Ethiopia (1,713), Gambia (1,035), Guinea (1,897), Ivory Coast (1,224), Kenya (1,282), Liberia (1,563), Mauritania (3,822), Nigeria (3,690), Senegal (1,689), Sierra Leone (1,563), Somalia (4,090) and Sudan (1,012).
Many other African countries also have hundreds of possibly affected citizens.
Trump’s executive orders that may affect Nigeria
Legit.ng also recently reported that an America-based professor said Nigerians in the US have been forced into hiding over fears of deportation.
Nimi Wariboko urged the Bola Tinubu administration to assist those living abroad considering their significant contribution to the economy.
The professor, who lectures at Boston University, said the undocumented immigrant crackdown had sparked fear among Nigerians in America.
