Illegal Indian immigrants deported from US deplaned in Punjab
PTC News Desk: About 100 Indian nationals who were deported from the United States have landed in Punjab. According to the assistant secretary for Border and Immigration Policy, US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Royce Murray, a batch of 100 Indian nationals were deported through a special charter flight on October 22, however there were no minor amongst them.
“We don’t have a precise breakdown of the locations where Indian nationals are deplaning. This (October 22) flight was deplaned in Punjab, which was designed to ensure that people in general are closer to their places of origin. But the individuals on this flight may or may not be from Punjab and surrounding states, as we don’t have a precise breakdown of the locations from which Indian nationals, who were returned, originated,” Murray said.
She also mentioned that the Indian government fully cooperated in this arrangement. "India is on top among South Asian countries in such deportation from the US. We got a wholehearted support from the Indian government on the issue," she further added.
As per the data, United States has deported around 1,100 Indian nationals through chartered and commercial flights who were residing in the country illegally.
“On October 22, the US Department of Homeland Security, through the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), conducted a large-frame charter removal flight to the Republic of India of Indian nationals who did not establish legal basis to remain in the United States,” the US Department of Homeland Security had said in a statement on October 25.
- PTC NEWS