The United States has identified 124 Nigerians for deportation after placing them on what it described as its list of the country’s “worst of the worst” criminal offenders, marking the latest escalation in President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign.
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The names and photographs of the Nigerians were published on Wednesday by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which said the individuals had been arrested by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and were facing removal from the country.
While the department made the list public, it did not disclose when the deportations would begin or provide details of the criminal convictions linked to each individual.
“The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is highlighting the worst of worst criminal aliens arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” the agency said in a statement.
