Texas Pastor Samuel Nnamdi Deported to Ghana Under Trump’s Third-Country Immigration Policy

Texas-based pastor Samuel Nnamdi, who had no criminal record and five years of employment at UPS, was deported to Ghana by US immigration authorities in July 2026Nnamdi, a father of American children who had spent years living in Texas, was sent to Ghana under President Trump's expanded third-country deportation policyAn MS NOW international correspondent interviewed Nnamdi at an undisclosed West African location, where he spoke about his ordeal on cameraPAY ATTENTION: Mark YEN.com.gh as a preferred source, and our content will appear higher in your Google feed!

A Texas-based Nigerian pastor with no criminal record, American-born children, and nearly a decade of roots in the United States has been deported to Ghana — a country he had never set foot in — as part of the Trump administration's expanding use of third-country deportations.

Texas pastor Samuel Nnamdi is deported to Ghana under President Donald Trump’s third-country immigration policy. Photo source: Kevin Dietsch, Douglas Rissing/Getty Images, MS NOW/Facebook Source: Getty ImagesPastor Samuel Nnamdi was filmed in an on-location interview by MS NOW International correspondent Ines de La Cuetara, who travelled to Ghana to document the growing number of migrants arriving under the controversial policy.

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Nnamdi's case has drawn widespread attention online after footage of the interview began circulating on Instagram.

According to Nnamdi, he had spent years living in Texas, where he worked for UPS for five years, raised his family, and served as a pastor.

He claimed that he held no criminal record and had court orders from US immigration judges that were meant to prevent his removal to his country of origin.

However, those protections contained a critical gap: they said nothing about sending him to a third country entirely.

Nnamdi described the disorientation of suddenly finding himself thousands of miles from everything he had built.

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Ghana is among the countries that agreed to receive migrants deported under President Trump's expanded third-country deportation programme.

The policy allows US immigration authorities to send individuals to countries other than their nations of origin, even when court orders exist to prevent deportation to those specific countries.

The MSNOW report, which combines interview footage with archival visuals of deportees boarding a military aircraft, highlighted Nnamdi's case and the controversial policy.

His only expressed goal, he said, was to raise his children.

The Instagram video of Pastor Samuel Nnamdi speaking about his deportation to Ghana is below:

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Social media users have responded with a mix of sympathy, practical suggestions, and outright disbelief.

YEN.com.gh has compiled some reactions from social media users below:

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The claims were fuelled by images he said had been manipulated using AI to make the child resemble him.

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His decision to speak out sparked a debate online, with some asking why he responded at all.

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