Kathmandu, Feb. 18 -- Since Donald Trump began his second term as US president, 23 Nepalis have been deported as part of a crackdown on undocumented immigrants. Among them, four were women and 19 were men.

They were flown to Kathmandu and handed over to immigration authorities at Tribhuvan International Airport. The US administration provided the deportation list to the Nepali Embassy in Washington, DC, which issued travel documents for their return.

Airport immigration chief Tirtha Raj Bhattarai said the deportees started arriving on January 22, with the latest arrival on Monday.

According to records, one Nepali arrived on January 22, another on January 24, one on January 29, two on January 30, one on January 31, three on February 1, ...