Congress MP Manish Tewari slams 'inhuman' treatment of illegal Indian immigrants
The Hindu
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Congress MP Manish Tewari on Thursday (February 6, 2025) expressed anguish over the handcuffing of illegal Indian immigrants, who were deported by the U.S. government, calling it "absolutely inhuman".
A U.S. military aircraft carrying 104 illegal immigrants from various States landed in Amritsar on Wednesday (February 5, 2025), the first such batch of Indians deported by the Donald Trump government as part of a crackdown against illegal immigrants.
Of them, 33 each were from Haryana and Gujarat, 30 from Punjab, three each from Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, and two from Chandigarh.
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Jaspal Singh, who was among deportees on Wednesday, claimed that they were handcuffed and legs were chained throughout the journey and those were taken off only after landing at the Amritsar airport.
Senior Congress leader and Chandigarh MP Tewari said, "This is absolutely inhuman to handcuff and shackle people, not allow them to even use the toilet for 40 hours while deporting them is medieval."
"What is there crime? They went looking for a better life. They did it illegally but that does not make them criminals that they need to be bound hand and foot and treated worse than animals."
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