Pregnant Nigerian woman who tried to deliver her baby in America gets deported

A Nigerian woman, Anabella Omene, who travelled to the United States with the hope of giving birth and securing American citizenship for her child faced an unexpected ordeal when she was denied entry and had her visa revoked upon arrival.

Omene shared her traumatic experience on TikTok, saying the incident threw her into a coma and she had to be hospitalised to stabilise her before they could send her back to Nigeria.

She narrated that she applied for an American visa two months after conceiving, hoping she would secure an American visa for her baby.

She said she was very upfront about being pregnant during her interview session.

Omene said she told them she wanted to deliver her baby in America because she wanted the best medical attention, having suffered a still birth before.

However, her plans fell flat upon arrival in America when immigration officials took one good look at her and told her they would not allow her to deliver her baby in America, apparently because they thought she was trying to game their system to secure citizenship.

They refused her entry and immediately canceled her visa.

According to Anabella, she was detained at the airport, and due to the stress of the situation, she went into premature contractions and was rushed to a hospital in Houston.

However, as soon as she was stable, officials arranged for her deportation on the next available flight back to Nigeria.

Judging from the age of the child, it must have happened before Donald Trump took over the reins of government in America.

Omene said her husband told her that she could travel to another country to deliver her baby but she declined because of the traumatic experience.

She said she did not want to put the baby through any further stress and opted to deliver her in Nigeria.

She wrote:

“Playing with my daughter because life didn’t end when I went to America to give birth to her, but was denied entry into the country and my visa canceled. With the stress, I fell into labor, was rushed to the hospital in Houston. Immediately I became a bit okay, they put me on the next available flight back to Nigeria,” she recounted.

When asked about what could have caused the action taken by the American immigration officials at the port of entry, she wrote:

“In my interview, I clearly told them I was going there to have my baby because of my past experience here in Nigeria, and they gave me the visa. So if they didn’t want me to have the baby there, they could have just denied me instead of approving it and canceling it on arrival,” she stated.