NEW DELHI: United States on Thursday responded on their decision to send 104 Indian migrants, who tried to enter the US illegally. The military aircraft that landed in Amritsar a day before carried deportees from Gujarat, Haryana and Punjab.
The deportees had endured perilous journeys through multiple countries to reach the United States, were handcuffed throughout the flight, only to be freed upon arrival in India.
A spokesman at the US embassy in New Delhi said enforcing immigration laws was critical for the country’s national security and public safety. “It is the policy of the United States to faithfully execute the immigration laws against all inadmissible and removable aliens,” he said.
Opposition MPs in Parliament also protested over the harsh treatment of the deported Indians. External affairs minister gave a statement in the Rajya Sabha that the deportation as well as the way in which the illegals were deported is nothing new and is US policy.
The deportation precedes Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s planned Washington visit.
According to minister Kirti Vardhan Singh’s parliamentary statement, 519 Indians were deported between November 2023 and October 2024. Pew Research data shows India ranking third in unauthorised US immigrants, with 725,000 individuals as of 2022, following Mexico and El Salvador.
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