ICE Chicago removed a criminal illegal alien from Kenya and former Indianapolis Colts linebacker, according to a July 25 statement. Daniel Ogama Adongo, 37, was ordered removed by a Department of Justice immigration judge on March 23, 2026, and ICE carried out the removal on June 20.
Adongo had been arrested multiple times by Indiana law enforcement over the past nine years for crimes including felony intimidation, battery, and disorderly conduct. He was convicted of criminal mischief with damage in 2020 and sentenced to 364 days in jail. His most recent criminal charges fall under the Laken Riley act, a federal statute that requires the detention without bond of illegal aliens for certain crimes.
The Laken Riley act was introduced following the murder of Laken Riley by an illegal immigrant who had previously been cited for shoplifting on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Georgia. President Trump signed the bill into law on Jan. 29, 2025.
Adongo overstayed his visa in 2016 after his NFL career ended in 2015. He played as a linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts for two seasons from 2013 to 2015 after being recruited as a rugby player.
“This dangerous individual was clearly a threat to the community, which is now safer since he’s been removed,” said ICE Chicago Assistant Field Office Director Douglas Thompson. “Those who violate immigration law are held equally accountable, including former professional athletes.”
Since Day One, DHS law enforcement has been delivering on President Trump’s promise to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens including murderers, rapists, child sex abusers, gang members, and terrorists. Nearly seventy percent of ICE arrests are of illegal aliens charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S., with more than three million illegal aliens out of the country.