Five Bangladeshi Undocumented Immigrants Deported from the U.S.

Staff Correspondent

Under the U.S. administration’s program to deport undocumented immigrants, five Bangladeshi nationals were sent back to their home country for the first time. They arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport today at 12:00 PM on a special flight (Flight No. GRP26).

The deported individuals are SM Bahauddin, Md. Raihan, Md. Shamim, Md. Nazrul Islam, and Ayesha Siddiqa Junaki. They were deported for staying in the United States illegally.

Airport sources confirmed that after verifying necessary documents and completing legal procedures, the individuals would be handed over to their families. This event is considered a new chapter in immigration cooperation between Bangladesh and the United States.

The U.S. administration has adopted strict policies to curb illegal immigration and intensified efforts to repatriate undocumented nationals from various countries.

No official data on the total number of undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants in the U.S. or those apprehended is available from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In November 2024, during his presidential campaign, Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump pledged to make the U.S. free of undocumented immigrants if elected. After winning the election, Trump was sworn in on January 20, following constitutional protocols, and signed several executive orders that same day. One of these orders was titled “Protecting the American People from the Onslaught.”

Following the order, operations to deport undocumented immigrants began across the U.S.

According to official statistics, over 170,000 undocumented immigrants currently reside in the U.S. Washington aims to repatriate at least 100,000 of them.