A former rugby star who became the first Kenyan to play in the NFL, was deported in June for a visa overstay and multiple arrests, according to federal immigration authorities.
Daniel Adongo, 37, spent two seasons as a linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts, playing twice, and was cut in 2015 after facing domestic violence allegations. His visa expired in 2016, but he remained in the US, a press statement from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said.
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Adongo’s deportation in June, following the signing of a removal order by a federal judge in March, is the latest high-profile case in the campaign of mass expulsions of undocumented people that Donald Trump has pursued through his second presidency.
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The agency cited a criminal mischief with damage conviction in 2020, for which he was sentenced to a year in jail. A report in the Indianapolis Star in December 2015 said police responded twice in three months to domestic violence calls to his home, which immediately preceded the Colts’ decision to let him go.
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Born in Nairobi in 1989, Adongo played professional rugby union in South Africa before moving to the US in 2013 when he was signed by the Colts as an outside linebacker with no football experience. He played in two games before suffering a series of injury setbacks.
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