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The US has deported a fourth batch of illegal Indian immigrants, with 12 people arriving in Delhi via Panama, days after prime minister Narendra Modi met president Donald Trump in Washington.
The US has deported over 300 illegal migrants to India this month as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, in keeping with a key campaign promise.
“Modi government must come out with a detailed statement on the deportation and why did we not send our own planes to bring back the Indians, with dignity and respect, instead of a military plane landing on our soil,” Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said earlier in a post on X.
Estimates for 2022 range from 700,000, according to the Pew Research Center and Center for Migration Studies of New York, making Indians the third-largest undocumented group, to 375,000 according to the Migration Policy Institute, ranking them fifth.
The 12 Indians are believed to be among the 299 illegal migrants deported by the US to Panama a few days ago.
