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Africa-Press<\/a> – Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A plane full of deported African asylum seekers landed in Nairobi from Alexandria, Louisiana on Friday morning, January 15.<\/p>\n

Sources detail that besieged President Donald Trump, in a bid to advance his fight against illegal immigrants, is seeking to deport as many African asylum seekers out of the country as possible before he leaves office.<\/p>\n

Reports indicate that the plane carried 50 Somalis, two Ethiopians and a Kenyan who had been held at a facility in Alexandria owned by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n

The deportees were reportedly transferred by commercial planes in Nairobi for deportation to their home countries.<\/p>\n

On Thursday night, two buses were pictured at an airport in Louisiana, transporting the deportees to the Nairobi bound plane.<\/p>\n

Reports from an international media house revealed that the deportees boarded the plane in chains.<\/p>\n

The commercial plane flew to the city of Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, overnight and then proceeded to Kenya – landing in Nairobi on Friday morning shortly after 8 am.<\/p>\n

A final deportation flight could be heading to Africa on Tuesday, January 19, according to various US activists. This will happen just a day before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.<\/p>\n

Biden has promised a 100-day suspension of deportations due to allegations of abuse, infringement of their rights and lack of adherence to Covid-19 protocols.<\/p>\n

Lawyers and immigrant advocacy groups have complained that detainees are usually coerced into signing documents waiving their rights to further legal hearings.<\/p>\n

Deportations of immigrants by the American Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have peaked in the recent past especially during the Covid-19 period.<\/p>\n

Tom Cartwright, who tracks flights for Witness at the border noted that ICE, while deporting Africans, does not file a public flight plan in order to hide their flights.<\/p>\n

Cartwright says the concealment is part of attempts to ensure that ICE avoids legal efforts to prevent it from carrying out deportations.<\/p>\n

It is reported that at least 182 Kenyans were arrested in November 2019 due to problematic immigration status.<\/p>\n

This was clarified by the US government who noted that the immigrants were arrested for having arrest records before applying for legal status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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