US Government Releases Full List, Photos of 50 Kenyans Set for Deportation

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has named 50 Kenyan nationals as targets of an intensified deportation drive, posting their photos and details on its official website. The charges against them range from assault to drug-related offences.

Texas has the highest number of Kenyans on the list, with two of them identified in Dallas alone. Washington state, Minnesota and Georgia follow with the next largest concentrations.

The agency said the publication fulfils President Donald Trump’s directive to carry out mass deportations, starting with those it calls “the worst of the worst.”

The 50 Kenyans were drawn from about 3,000 foreign nationals facing charges across the country, and more than half are accused of violent crimes.

Among them is Osbert Owuor, who is allegedly linked to a weapons offence and a firearm murder in Hawthorne, California, as well as the Tongan Crip Gang.

Jackson Gichema is reportedly accused of sexual assault in Maryland, and Newton Githiri, arrested in Union Springs, Alabama, faces a similar allegation. Gilbert Ndathi allegedly faces charges of cruelty toward elderly persons in Tennessee.

Others face financial and property-related accusations. Collins Keanche of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, is accused of cheque forgery and money laundering, while Francis Mungai of Burlington, Massachusetts, allegedly received stolen property.

Antony Karia of Seattle is reportedly facing fraud, false statements and hit-and-run allegations.

Further names include Moffat Muriithi, arrested in Seguin, Texas, over alleged dangerous offences, and Wilkson Gitanyu, held in Spokane Valley, Washington, over alleged assault. In Dallas, Mark Gachugu was reportedly arrested for robbery, and Joseph Waweru is accused of drug offences.

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) is running the push under an operation it calls “ICE Blitz,” which aims to speed up the removal of foreign nationals it considers a danger to public safety. DHS framed the list as a public accountability measure tied to that effort.

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