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Was everyone shackled during the second deportation flight from the US? Here is the answer | Latest News India

Was everyone shackled during the second deportation flight from the US? Here is the answer | Latest News India

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After the first flight brought deportees from the US in shackles, women and children onboard the second deportation plane of the US that landed in Punjab’s Amritsar were “not restrained during the flight”, PTI reported. Indian immigrants who were deported from the US leave the Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport, in Amritsar.(ANI) The C-17 aircraft carrying 116 illegal Indian immigrants, including women and children, landed at the Amritsar airport late on Saturday night, with the men among the deportees claiming they were in shackles during the journey. It was the second batch of Indians to be deported by the Donald Trump administration as part of its crackdown on illegal immigrants. The third batch landed on Sunday. On the deportation flight that arrived in Amritsar on Saturday, “women and children were not restrained during the flight”, the sources quoted in the PTI said. The deportees are natives of Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, among other states. On February 5, a US military aircraft carrying the first batch of 104 illegal …

US Military Aircraft Carrying Second Batch Of Indian Immigrants Lands In Amritsar

US Military Aircraft Carrying Second Batch Of Indian Immigrants Lands In Amritsar

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Last Updated:February 16, 2025, 00:28 IST This is the second United States military aircraft which has landed at Amritsar airport with deported Indian illegal immigrants A US military aircraft carrying illegal Indian immigrants upon its landing at the Shri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport, in Amritsar. (File Image/PTI) A United States military aircraft with a second batch of 119 illegal Indian immigrants landed in Amritsar, Punjab on Saturday. This is the second such aircraft to arrive at Amritsar airport in the span of 10 days as part of the deportation of illegal immigrants by the Donald Trump regime. The first batch was deported on February 5 when 104 Indians were deported and sent back to Amritsar in a US military plane. Another plane with 157 deportees is set to land in India on Sunday. The C-17 military aircraft with deportees landed at the Amritsar International Airport at 11:40 pm on Saturday. Among the deportees, 67 were from Punjab, 33 from Haryana, eight from Gujarat, three from Uttar Pradesh, two each from Goa, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, …

48 Below Age Of 25 In First Batch Of Illegal Indian Immigrants From US

48 Below Age Of 25 In First Batch Of Illegal Indian Immigrants From US

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Amritsar: A US military aircraft carrying first batch of 104 illegal Indian immigrants, with the highest number of 30 each were from Haryana and Gujarat, reached Amritsar in Punjab on Wednesday. A total of 30 deportees were residents of Punjab. The US military C-17 aircraft landed at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport amid tight security. Two people each were from Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh, while three from Maharashtra. The deportees include 25 women and 12 minors, with the youngest passenger being just four years old. Forty-eight people are below the age of 25. The flight, which took off from Texas on Tuesday, also carried 11 crew members and 45 US officials overseeing the deportation process. A senior Punjab official said that most deportees from the state belong to Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Jalandhar, Nawanshahr, Patiala, Mohali and Sangrur. Some of them had entered the US illegally, while others overstayed their visas. They were deported on the C-17 plane that took off from San Antonio, Texas. This was the first round of deportation of …

US Plane Carrying 205 Deported Indians To Land In Amritsar In Afternoon

US Plane Carrying 205 Deported Indians To Land In Amritsar In Afternoon

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Amritsar: A US military aircraft carrying around 200 illegal Indian immigrants is likely to land at the Shri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport here on Wednesday afternoon. Earlier, the aircraft was expected to land in the morning. So far, details of those on the plane are not available. According to reports, the US military plane C-17 is carrying 205 illegal immigrants hailing from Punjab and neighbouring states. Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Tuesday that the state government would receive the immigrants and set up counters at the airport. Punjab NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Tuesday expressed disappointment over the US government’s decision and said these individuals, who contributed to that country’s economy, should have been granted permanent residency instead of being deported. He said many Indians entered the US on work permits which later expired, making them illegal immigrants. The minister said he plans to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar next week to discuss the concerns and interests of Punjabis living in the US. Dhaliwal had also …