Overview
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it removed Daniel Ogama Adongo on June 20, 2026, after a Department of Justice immigration judge ordered his removal in March.
- ICE says Adongo overstayed a visa that expired in 2016 and was held for months in custody, including at an Indiana detention facility, under mandatory no-bond detention rules.
- Adongo has a 2020 conviction for criminal mischief resulting in a roughly one-year jail sentence and multiple other arrests over the past decade, though many charges were later dismissed.
- ICE Chicago called Adongo a "dangerous individual" whose removal made the community safer, while court records show judges twice found him incompetent to stand trial and family members raised serious mental health concerns.
- The case has been used by federal authorities to highlight a wider 2026 enforcement push and it raises questions about how mandatory detention, criminal records, and mental-health findings interact in deportation decisions.