Over 100 Kenyans were deported from the United States in 2017, which was Donald Trump's first year as US president.
A report by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) revealed that 103 Kenyans were deported in 2017 as compared to 63 in the previous year.
In total, 2, 134 individuals from sub-Saharan countries were sent back to their home countries in the past fiscal year which ended on September 30, 2017.
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Earlier this year, Trump was on the spot for derogatory language directed at Africa as he cracked the whip on immigrants.
He made the remarks while refuting a proposal by the Senators to review the immigration deal to protect people from Haiti and some African nations.
"Why are we having all these people from s***hole countries come here?" the President posed.
According to the American President, immigrants from such nations neither contribute to the society nor grown the economy and instead threaten the lives of hardworking Americans.
The White House through its spokesperson Raj Shah did not deny the President's remarks and instead backed his hardline stunt on immigration policies.
"Certain Washington politicians choose to fight for foreign countries, but President Trump will always fight for the American people.
"He will always reject temporary, weak and dangerous stopgap measures that threaten the lives of hardworking Americans, and undercut immigrants who seek a better life in the United States through a legal pathway," he was quoted by the Guardian.
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