9 hours Ago By Chinedu Okafor
Mass deportations, which his government has planned, may have serious political and economic repercussions for African countries. While Latin America dominates the immigration discussion in the United States, African nations also have sizable diaspora groups in the country. The number of African migrants in the United States has grown sixteenfold since 1980.
According to the Migration Policy Institute, some 2.1 million Sub-Saharan African immigrants lived in the United States in 2019, accounting for 5% of the total foreign-born population of 44.9 million.
According to the 2024 Annual by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), before Trump's inauguration, the U.S. recorded 271,484 removals in the year, marking a four-year high.
“Of the 271,484 removals, 88,763 — or 32.7% — had criminal histories, with an average of 5.63 convictions and/or charges per individual,” the ICE report states.
“These included many serious charges or convictions for offenses, including 47,885 assaults; 16,552 sexual assaults and sex offenses; 10,862 weapons offenses; 9,453 burglaries; 4,906 robberies; 2,699 homicides; and 2,423 kidnappings,” the report adds, referencing removals last year, which was at a four year high. DON’T MISS THIS: While these figures highlight the strict immigration enforcement policies in place, they also serve as a warning for African nations to work toward policies that reduce the vulnerability of their citizens to deportation. Fortunately, there have been African countries exempted from such statistics for years, as highlighted by their low deportation rates.
These countries not only boast a low diaspora in the U.S., but they also seemingly follow protocols when migrating.
With that said, here are the African countries with the lowest deportation rate under the Joe Biden administration..
