Additional Nepali nationals deported from U.S.

As soon as they landed in Kathmandu, the deportees told Nepali authorities that officials had restrained them for the entire journey.

“We weren’t just handcuffed,” one of them recalled. “They even put chains around our feet before we left the U.S. The chains were taken off during transit, but throughout the flight, we could hardly move. Even going to the restroom took multiple requests.”

The primary organization in charge of conducting deportation actions against unauthorized immigrants is the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Police will inquire about the middleman

A group of Nepali people deported from the United States landed in Kathmandu on Wednesday after a long journey and challenging return.

Officials said they had spent the whole flight back in shackles. Nepali immigration officials took custody of them and then transferred them to Nepal Police’s anti-trafficking squad for further interrogation.

Authorities are investigating how they left Nepal, how much they paid to reach the U.S. through middlemen, how officials apprehended them, and how they treated them during deportation.

Between six and ten months ago, the deported persons arrived in the United States, having paid anywhere from six to nine million rupees to make the perilous trek.

“They shared with us harrowing tales of their journeys from Nepal to the US via the ‘donkey’ route,” an official said.

Their journey took them through multiple countries—first across the Middle East, then into Europe, and finally through South America before they reached the U.S. Some had crossed more than a dozen countries in pursuit of a better life.

Some traveled through England, Portugal, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico to get to the United States, while others traveled through India, Tanzania, Dubai, Ghana, Spain, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico.

Many of them had used bank savings to pay the intermediaries. The districts of Rolpa, Rukum East, Rukum West, Dang, and Doti are among those deported on Wednesday.

According to the police official, the police are attempting to take down the middlemen and have even managed to identify a few of them.

Deportation of other countries’ nationals by U.S.

About 240,000 Ukrainians sought asylum in the United States after Russia’s invasion, and the administration intends to rescind their legal status. Their deportation could result from this action, which would be a major policy reversal from earlier protections.

In February 2025, authorities deported approximately 104 Indian nationals to India aboard a military aircraft, shackling and leg-chaining them during the flight.

According to sources, authorities detained 178 Venezuelan migrants at the Guantanamo Migrant Operations Center in February 2025 before deporting them.

In light of recent security assessments, there are arguments in favor of prohibiting travel by citizens of Pakistan and Afghanistan.