Nigerian student in Washington faces deportation

DreamActivist.org reports that Nigerian student Al Chisom, a senior at Central Washington University, is due to be deported from the U.S. Chisom's father, a journalist who exposed corruption in Nigeria, was assassinated in 1995. After his father's death, Chisom and his mother came to the U.S. to seek asylum. Unfortunately, in 2005, due to an attorney's error, asylum was not granted and Okere's mother was deported back to Nigeria. She is currently in hiding. Chisom, who arrived in the U.S. when he was 5, is an honor-roll student in Washington and aspires to be a doctor. He is also a DREAM-Act eligible student. However, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) now wants to deport Chisom back to Nigeria. Chisom has made his life in the U.S. In a video online, he says:

"ICE wants to deport me to a place I don't remember, a language I don't know. I am not a criminal."


To sign the petition to urge ICE not to deport Chisom, click here.

See Chisom's appeal in the video below:

A DreamActivist blogger wrote about Chisom's situation for MLK day. Other young people face similar struggles to Chisom. To find out more, go to DreamActivist.org.