US military aircraft carrying first batch of illegal Indian immigrants landed in AmritsarPhoto: PTI US military aircraft carrying first batch of illegal Indian immigrants landed in AmritsarPhoto: PTI A US military flight carrying a second batch of 119 deported individuals who were living in the United States illegally is expected to reach Amritsar on Saturday.
In line with US President Donald Trump's stringent anti-immigration policy, earlier this month, the US deported the first batch of 104 illegal immigrants hailing from various Indian states.
According to a report by NDTV, the deportations are likely to continue on a bi-weekly basis where the Indian nationals will be brought back in the coming weeks until all undocumented immigrants have returned.
PM Modi's Stance On Human TraffickingThe second round of deportation is taking place within two days of Prime Minister Modi's joint press conference with Donald Trump in Washington where the prime minister asserted the need to fight against the “ecosystem” of human trafficking that lures people from ordinary families with big dreams and promises and are brought to other countries as illegal immigrants.
“This is not a question about India only but is a global issue,” Modi said in response to a question by PTI on the issue of illegal immigration during the joint press conference with Trump in the White House.
He said, “We are of the opinion that anybody who enters and lives in another country illegally, they have absolutely no legal right or authority to live in that country.”
Trump's Deportation Orders | The Global Impact Hands Tied, Chained: First Batch Of US DeportationOn February 5, India woke to an image of the deported illegal migrants reaching India in a handcuffed, and shackled condition. The first US military aircraft carried 104 Indians. Of them, 33 each were from Haryana and Gujarat, 30 from Punjab, three each from Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, and two from Chandigarh.
The visuals depicting the migrants getting criminal-like treatment triggered a furious response in India. The Opposition in India raised a question on why the Centre could not send a plane to bring back its citizens in a "humane manner".
vegas77 slots"All eyes will be on the US aircraft which will land today in Amritsar bringing back illegal immigrants. Will the deportees be handcuffed and their legs tied with ropes? It is a test for Indian diplomacy," Congress leader P Chidambaram said ahead of the second round of deportation.
Indian Deportees Handcuffed, Chained On Their Way Back From US; Congress Asks For MEA Statement What Did The Centre Say?Responding to the widespread criticism, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar last week said that the deportations by the US were organized and executed by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) - which provides the use of restraints.
"Deportations by the U.S. are organised and executed by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The standard operating procedure for deportation by aircraft used by ICE,playphp casino effective from 2012, provides for the use of restraints," stated Jaishankar, adding that the women and children are not restrained.
"However, we have been informed by ICE that women and children are not restrained. Further, the needs of deportees including during transit, related to food and other necessities, including possible medical emergencies are attended to. During toilet breaks, deportees are temporarily unrestrained if needed in that regard," he said.
The minister also informed that such actions by the US authorities were "not new" and revealed the data of the deported Indians in the last 15 years. A total of 15,756 illegal Indian immigrants have been deported to India from the US since 2009 - of which 2019 saw the most number of deportations (2,042), followed by 1,889 in 2020, the year when the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world.
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