Dhaka, April 21 -- Spending months in detention amid "brutal conditions", a 24-year-old Bangladeshi student has self-deported from the US after a "prolonged and emotionally taxing" immigration process, according to Newsweek.

Joytu Chowdhury, a former student at Illinois Wesleyan University majoring in finance with a minor in computer science, said he self-deported on Feb 26 following the detention that he described as "inhumane".

Federal officials, however, argue that they provided him with "standard enforcement procedures and appropriate care" while in custody.

Back home, he is staying with his family in Chattogram and is trying to "rebuild" his life.

His wife is still in the US.

He, however, continues to hope to return to the US th...