A US plane carrying 119 illegal Indian immigrants landed at the Amritsar International Airport late Saturday night, official sources said. A C-17 aircraft landed at the airport around 11.35 pm as against the expected time of 10 pm, sources said. This was the second batch of such Indians to be deported by the Donald Trump administration as part of its crackdown on illegal immigrants.According to officials, of the 119 deportees, 67 are from Punjab, and 33 are from Haryana. Eight are from Gujarat, three from Uttar Pradesh, two each from Goa, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, and one each is from Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
#WATCH | Punjab: The aircraft carrying the second batch of illegal Indian immigrants from the US, lands at the Amritsar airport. pic.twitter.com/5SNlv6YAqk
— ANI (@ANI) February 15, 2025
This came a day after the central government announced that the authorities in the US have identified another 487 illegal Indian migrants living in the country, who are set to be deported soon.A third plane carrying 157 Indian deportees is expected to land in Amritsar on Sunday. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann assured that the deportees would be treated properly and that all arrangements had been made. The Chief Minister said the deportees would stay in Amritsar for a few hours before being taken to their respective states.
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