The United States will this year deport nearly three times the number of Kenyans deported over the last seven years, Kenyans.co.ke has discovered.

The data shows that there are more Kenyans deported from the US than other nationals in East Africa's neighbours.

However, new reports indicate that some Kenyans may be lucky to escape the mass deportation.

According to reporting from NBC News, some of those arrested in the mass deportation plot have already been released back into the United States on a monitoring programme.