US aircraft with second batch of 119 deported Indians lands in Amritsar | India Information

NEW DELHI: A planeload of 119 unlawful Indian immigrants from the US landed in Amritsar on Saturday making it the second deportation flight this 12 months. This is likely one of the two flights of deportees anticipated to land within the nation this weekend, information company PTI reported, quoting official sources.
It comes a day after PM Modi and US President Donald Trump vowed to handle the difficulty throughout their bilateral talks. PM Modi had categorically talked about the necessity to finish the ecosystem that exploited individuals and “fooled (them) with massive goals” to journey to the US illegally.
Nevertheless, there was no dialogue on the therapy meted out to the deportees, who have been shackled and handcuffed on the US navy plane, drawing criticism from the opposition leaders.
Final week, a US navy aircraft with 104 deportees landed in Amritsar drawing flak from the Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann. The CM slammed the central authorities and known as it an effort to “defame Punjab and Punjabis” by turning the town into “a deportation centre”.
“This can be a deliberate try and ship out the message that solely Punjabis journey illegally,” Mann stated, including that the Centre ought to “divert the plane to Delhi or Ahmedabad. Punjab govt will carry again Punjabis with honour. However we preserve that unlawful immigration is not only Punjab’s drawback, however a nationwide one.”
India is the biggest supply of unlawful immigration to the US exterior Latin America, with over 7,25,000 undocumented people, based on US officers.
Amid rising MAGA-driven opposition to immigration, which impacts over one million Indian professionals and college students on reliable H-1B, L, and F1 visas, Indian officers have pushed again, emphasizing their financial contributions and the position of people-to-people ties in strengthening US-India relations.