New Delhi: Ever since his reelection US President Donald Trump is ensuring that he fulfils his election campaign promises and has been aggressively working towards this goal. While some agendas like tariffs and energy consumption might take time to see large-scale changes implemented, when it comes to immigration-related issues, Trump has been acting at an incredibly fast pace.

The latest step in this is coming at a big cost for illegal Indian immigrants in the US. A United States military plane reportedly began deporting Indian migrants, and according to a Reuters report, a C-17 aircraft carrying 205 Indian nationals departed from San Antonio, Texas, around 3 am IST. Reports say that most of the illegal immigrants come from Gujarat and Punjab.

Regarding the issue of deportation of illegal Indian immigrants, a US embassy spokesperson in Delhi said, “The United States is vigorously enforcing its border, tightening immigration laws, and removing illegal migrants. These actions send a clear message: illegal migration is not worth the risk.”

According to a report in the media outlet The Indian Express, there are 20,407 “undocumented” Indians, as of November 2024. They are either facing “final removal orders” or are currently in detention centres of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Of these, 17,940 “paperless” Indians are not in detention but are under “final removal orders,” and another 2,467 are in detention under the ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

This worryingly makes Indians the fourth largest group by nationality, and the first among Asians, in ICE custody. “Illegal........

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