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Feb 18, 2025 2:09 PM - connect newsroom

US has deported 332 Indians in three batches

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The US will deport a total of eighteen thousand illegal Indians.

A plane with 112 Indians, who were deported from the United States for illegally residing in the country, landed in Amritsar on Sunday night, the third such arrival in a span of 10 days as part of the Donald Trump administration's crackdown on such immigrants.

The flight C-17 Globemaster aircraft of the US Air Force landed at the Amritsar International Airport at around 10.03 pm, according to sources. Of the total deportees, 31 are from Punjab, 44 from Haryana, 33 from Gujarat, two from Uttar Pradesh and one each from Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

The first round of deportation had taken place on February 5, when a US military plane transported 104 Indians to Amritsar. A second plane carrying 116 Indians landed on Saturday. In this way, a total of 332 illegal migrant Indians have been sent back to India so far. It is said that the US will deport a total of eighteen thousand illegal Indians.

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