Trump Mass Deportation: Ghanaian Woman Who Overstayed Her Visa Gets Arrested, Friend Drops Details

Trump Mass Deportation: Ghanaian Woman Who Overstayed Her Visa Gets Arrested, Friend Drops Details

  • A video of a Ghanaian woman in the US expressing sadness amid the ongoing mass deportations has gone viral
  • This comes after she disclosed that her friend and compatriot had been earmarked for deportation after being arrested
  • Social media users who took to the comments section of the video shared their views as the US takes a hard stance

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A Ghanaian woman in the US has left many people sad after she took to social media to disclose that her friend and compatriot had been appended by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Looking visibly distraught in a TikTok video, the woman said she received a call from her friend and was told she had been earmarked for deportation by ICE officials for being in the country illegally.

Mass Deportation, Trump, Workers, Ghana, Ice, Migrants
A young lady cries as her friend is set to be deported by a US law enforcement agency for overstaying her visa. Photo credit:@bronxhemaa0/TikTok
Source: TikTok

She said her friend was apprehended by the US law enforcement agency as a part of a swoop while she was on a train on her way to work.

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"She said they apprehended her and checked her residency status only for it to be realised that she was granted a three-week visa yet had been in the country for four years."

The lady recounted how she urged her friend to get her legal residency issues sorted out only for this unfortunate incident to happen.

At the time of filing the report, the TikTok video had raked in over 2,000 likes and 200 comments.

Ghanaians react to the ongoing deportation in the US

Ghanaians who thronged the comments sections of the video sympathised with the lady on the unfortunate fate that had befallen her friend. Others also prayed she would not get deported.

Abena sika portable indicated:

"Sad. but it’s her own mistake. How could you build a house for your mother in Ghana without thinking about your documents. My advice every day to people but they don’t understand. Am very sad."

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NaNa indicated:

"Sister I stopped my job first week in Janauary. even before Trump came in office. I kept feeling this heavy urge in my hurt. wey I also take 3 buses to work. wasn't feeling too safe being on the bus."

PB BRIGHT MINISTRIES replied:

"We pray that God's should intervene and and make a way for her in Jesus name."

Lady weeps as boyfriend gets deported

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that a young Ghanaian girl was heartbroken after her boyfriend was deported from the US.

Confirming he had been detained by ICE, she stated that she felt lonely in the US now because her boyfriend was leaving.

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Philip Boateng Kessie (Head of Human Interest Desk) Philip Boateng Kessie started writing for YEN.com.gh in 2022 and is the Head of the Human Interest desk. He has over six years of experience in journalism and graduated from the University of Cape Coast in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies. Philip previously served as a reporter for Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) and as a content writer for Scooper News. He has a certificate in Google News Initiative News Lab courses in Advanced Digital Reporting and Fighting Misinformation. Email: philip.kessie@yen.com.gh.

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