US flight carrying 112 illegal Indian immigrants lands in Amritsar

A US military aircraft carrying 112 illegal Indian immigrants landed at the Amritsar airport late on Sunday evening, the third such plane bringing deportees amid a crackdown by the Donald Trump administration against illegal immigrants. The C-17 aircraft landed at the airport at 10:03 pm, sources said. Of the 112 deportees, 44 are from Haryana, 33 from Gujarat, 31 from Punjab, two from Uttar Pradesh and one each is from Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, they added.This is the third such arrival in the last 10 days as a part of the US President Donald Trump-led administration's crackdown on illegal immigrants.
Families of some of the illegal immigrants have arrived at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport in Amritsar to receive them. Notably, the US has deported a total of 332 illegal Indian immigrants on all three flights so far.Several deportees on that flight claimed that their hands and legs were cuffed throughout the journey and they were unshackled only after landing in Amritsar.The deportees will be allowed to head to their homes after completion of all formalities, including immigration, verification and background checks. Arrangements have been made for the transportation of deportees to their destination, the sources said. 
India is the third source of undocumented immigrants in the US after Mexico and El Salvador.Most of the deportees belonging to Punjab earlier said they wanted to migrate to the US for a better life for their families. However, their dreams were shattered when they were caught on the US border and sent back in shackles.