President
Donald Trump's implementation of his pledge to crack down on illegal
immigrants, has commenced as no fewer than 90 African immigrants have
been deported on Wednesday from the U.S.
President Donald Trump
No fewer than 90 Somali nationals and two Kenyans on Wednesday
arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi after
being deported from the US.
The deportees, believed to have been affected by US President
Donald Trump’s implementation of his pledge to crack down on illegal
immigrants, arrived at the airport at midday aboard Omni, an American
Charter Airline.
According to Africa Review, the Somalis then boarded a flight that left for Mogadishu at 3pm (+3GMT).
Security sources at the airport said the travellers were
accompanied by security officers, who also accompanied them to
Mogadishu.
Airport police boss 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,” Ms Waweru said.
President Trump had vowed during the campaign for the White House
to kick out illegal immigrants and immigrants with criminal records,
saying they would be deported at their own cost.
On Tuesday, President Trump said he was ready to build a wall on
the Mexican border and send away illegal immigrants as he rolled out a
series of immigration decrees.
Officials said President Trump had directed that migrant quotas and
programmes be cut, thus slowing down the processing of visas.
The orders would restrict immigration and access to the US for
refugees and visa holders from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria
and Yemen, according to American media.
During his campaign, President Trump said he would deport or jail up to three million illegal migrants.
-NAN
No comments:
Post a Comment