Abuja sets up committee to handle welfare of Nigerian deportees in Trump’s crackdown on Black illegal immigrants
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Abuja is ready to welcome Nigerian deportees from the United States in the latest surge against Black illegal immigrants orchestrated by President Donald Trump, the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has assured.
NiDCO Media and Corporate Affairs Director Abdur-Rahman Balogun disclosed that the Foreign Affairs Ministry is in charge and the government has set up an inter-agency committee to handle the matter if Nigerians get deported in the next category of immigrants being ferried out of America.
“The federal government has set up an inter-agency committee, comprising the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NiDCOM, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, should there be mass deportation of Nigerians from the US,” Balogun told Vanguard.
He said NiDCOM is not aware of Nigerians in America being processed for deportation.
However, it has been reported that about 3,690 Nigerians in the US face deportation as Trump doubles down his round up of Black illegal immigrants.
A document compiled by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations shows a breakdown by nationality and number of people up for deportation.
It disclosed that as of 24 November 2024, there are 1,445,549 non-citizens on ICE non-detained docket with final removal orders, per reporting by The PUNCH.
The document, titled “Noncitizens on the ICE Non-Detained Docket with Final Orders of Removal by Country of Citizenship”, shows top two countries with nationals for deportation as Mexico (252,0440) and El Salvador (203,822).
ICE has responsibility to protect the US from cross-border crime and illegal immigration that threaten national security.
Hundreds of migrants were arrested and others flown out of the country on military aircraft on January 23 as Trump’s promised mass deportation got underway.
Nigerians and other African immigrants may be the next target and the fear of deportation has gripped members of the Nigerian community who are living illegally in the country.
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