US-based Nigerians are panicking over President Donald Trump’s mass deportation threat, which targets undocumented immigrants. Trump has signed executive orders aimed at hardening immigration policies, including the stoppage of citizenship by birth for children of illegal immigrants and the deployment of more troops to the Mexico-US southern border.
Key Points:
- Deportation Target: Undocumented immigrants, including Nigerians, are at risk of deportation.
- Executive Orders: Trump has signed orders to declare a national emergency at the Mexico-US southern border and to stop citizenship by birth for children of illegal immigrants.
- Immigration Policies: The US Justice Department has threatened to prosecute local and state authorities that fail to comply with Trump’s immigration directives.
- Impact on Nigerians: Many Nigerians in the US are fearful of deportation, with some becoming cautious about their movement around the streets.
Reactions from US-based Nigerians:
- Jacob Adegoke, a Trump supporter and Nigerian-American, said the current focus is on Mexicans and Haitians, but “The next will be Africans.”
- Obi-West Utchaychukwu, a Nigerian media entrepreneur, corroborated Adegoke’s statement, saying Nigerians are monitoring the situation but none have been arrested yet.
Source: Punch
