U.S. plane carrying 119 deportees likely to land in Amritsar on February 15
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US plane to deport 119 illegal Indian immigrants lands in Amritsar, part of Trump's immigration crackdown.
A U.S. plane carrying 119 illegal immigrants is likely to land at Amritsar airport on February 15, the second such batch of Indians deported by the Trump government as part of a crackdown it resolved to carry out when it was sworn in last month.
According to official sources, the plane is expected to land at the airport around 10 p.m. on Saturday (February 15, 2025).
Among the 119 illegal Indian immigrants, 67 hail from Punjab, 33 from Haryana, eight from Gujarat, three from Uttar Pradesh, two each from Goa, Maharashtra and Rajasthan and one each from Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, they said.
Another U.S. plane carrying deportees is also expected to land on February 16.
The development came days after a U.S. military aircraft carrying 104 illegal Indian immigrants landed at the Amritsar airport last week. Of them, 33 each were from Haryana and Gujarat and 30 from Punjab.
Most of the deportees hailing from Punjab had said they wanted to migrate to the U.S. for a better life for their families. However, their dreams were shattered when they were caught at the U.S. border and brought back in shackles.
After Donald Trump assumed office as the U.S. President, the country's law enforcement agencies have launched a crackdown against illegal immigrants.
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