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US deports 92 Africans as Trump’s Clampdown begins
 
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Thu, 26 Jan 2017   ||   Nigeria,
 

Sequel to the promise made by United States President, Donald Trump to curb the inflow of illegal immigrants, Ninety Somalian and two Kenyans have been deported from the United States of America.

CEOAfrica gathered that the Kenyan deportees arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Kenya, on Wednesday, aboard Omni, an American Charter Airline; while the Somalians were conveyed by Juba Airways flight that left for Mogadishu, capital of Somalia, at 3pm.

According to Daily Nation, a Kenyan newspaper, sources at the airport were quoted to have said the travellers were accompanied by security officers from the US.

An official of Jomo Kenyatta airport, Zipporah Waweru, confirmed that there had been a plane carrying Somalis in transit to Mogadishu, but she could not confirm whether they were deportees. “They have left and to me, they looked happy so I cannot for sure tell you that they were deported or not,” she said.

The deportees are the first set of Africans to be affected by the immigration policy of President Donald Trump, who has vowed to crack down on millions of immigrants in the US.

Trump had earlier disclosed his plans to sign executive orders which would lead to the imposition of visa ban on 7 predominantly Islam nations – three from Africa. The countries targeted are Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

 

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