FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is asking Florida officials to turn over a Bangladeshi illegal immigrant accused of murdering his sister-in-law after he was deported under the first Trump administration, illegally re-entered the U.S.and was released by the Biden administration.DHS told Fox News Digital that U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged a detainer against Akbor Miah, who allegedly used the alias Shahidul Islam, requesting he be transferred into federal custody after his state criminal proceedings conclude.According to DHS, Miah first entered the U.S.in 2016 during the Obama administration.
He was arrested by ICE in February 2018, and an immigration judge issued a final order of removal later that year.However, after being deported to Bangladesh in January 2019, during the first Trump administration, officials said Miah illegally re-entered the U.S.— a federal felony — and was released into the country by the Biden administration on March 19, 2022.PROSECUTORS SEEKING DEATH PENALTY FOR DEPORTED ILLEGAL ALIEN INDICTED IN MURDER OF SISTER-IN-LAWMonica Islam was found fatally shot in Lake County, Florida, in May 2025, according to investigators.
Authorities have charged her brother-in-law with first-degree murder.(DOJ)DHS said ICE lodged the detainer requesting Florida officials transfer Miah into federal custody after his state criminal proceedings conclude so he can face immigration enforcement following any sentence imposed in the murder case.According to authorities, Monica Islam disappeared after leaving the Eustis convenience store where she worked alongside Miah, her brother-in-law, on May 2, 2025.
Hours later, she was found dead from a gunshot wound along a road in Mount Dora.Investigators recovered Monica Islam's DNA from Miah's vehicle, along with a bullet lodged in the passenger-side door and evidence the passenger window had been shattered, prosecutors said.ARREST OF GANG MEMBER CONVICTED OF MURDER P...