110 Nigerians are currently facing deportation from the United States amid an ongoing immigration crackdown under the administration of U.S President Donald Trump.
This latest action highlights the intensifying crackdown on undocumented immigrants and visa overstays, affecting a notable group of Nigerian nationals currently in detention or facing removal proceedings.
The deportations come as part of broader initiatives to prioritize the removal of individuals who have violated immigration laws, including those with expired visas or final removal orders.
Many of the affected individuals reportedly include students, workers, and asylum seekers whose applications were denied.
Pan-Atlantic Kompass reports that the 110 Nigerians are among 355 West Africans listed for deportation from U.S by Trump’s administration under the newly expanded West Africa Operations Watch, WOW, initiative.
The list released by the United States Department of Homeland Security, containing the names and photographs of all 355 individuals earmarked for removal, showed that Nigeria topped the country breakdown, followed by Liberia with 94 nationals, while Ghana and Senegal had 30 and 19, respectively.
Other countries on the list include Cameroon 15, The Gambia 14, Côte d’Ivoire 14, Mauritania 12, Cape Verde 11, Burkina Faso nine, Niger eight, Guinea six, Togo six, Mali five, and one each from Benin and Guinea-Bissau.
While specific individual charges on the current manifest were not specified, historical targets under this enforcement bracket, which falls under the “Worst of the Worst,” include individuals convicted of severe fraud, money laundering, drug trafficking, or violent offenses.
The 110 Nigerians represent the largest single national cohort in the operation, underscoring the scale of the crackdown on West African nationals deemed to violate United States immigration laws.
Officials said the deportations were part of a broader push to enforce visa overstays, criminal convictions, and fraudulent documentation.
The move comes amid a wider tightening of U.S. immigration policy under the Trump administration, which has repeatedly signaled a shift toward stricter border control and faster removal of undocumented migrants.
