The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced plans to deport 18 additional Nigerians identified on its “worst-of-the-worst” criminal register, bringing the total number of Nigerians targeted for removal to 97.
The DHS website confirmed the addition of the new names on Monday, signaling an expansion of the ongoing crackdown on criminal immigrants across the country. The most common offenses among those listed include wire fraud, mail fraud, and identity theft.
An official statement on the DHS website emphasized that the arrests are part of a nationwide enforcement operation:
“The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is highlighting the worst of the worst criminal aliens arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Under Secretary Noem’s leadership, the men and women of DHS and ICE are fulfilling President Trump’s promise and carrying out mass deportations, starting with the worst of the worst.”
Among the Nigerians named in the latest update are Oluwaseyanu Akinola Afolabi, Olugbeminiyi Aderibigbe, Benjamin Ifebajo, Obinwanne Okeke, Kolawole Aminu, Oluwadamilola Olufunsho Ojo, Franklin Ibeabuchi, and others, totaling 18 individuals.
This development underscores the Trump administration’s ongoing tough stance on illegal and criminal immigrants in the United States, with foreign nationals, including Nigerians, remaining a primary focus of enforcement efforts.