India, Oct. 9 -- A 73-year-old Sikh woman, who spent over three decades in the United States, has shared her harrowing deportation experience after being sent back to India last month. Speaking to Humans of Bombay, Harjit Kaur recounted the trauma of being detained by US immigration officials in California and her eventual return to Punjab - a place she says no longer feels like home.

"At 73, they took me from the place I called home for more than 30 years - like I was a criminal. The memories of those nights in detention make my hands tremble," she said. Kaur said the ordeal began on September 8, during what was supposed to be a routine immigration check-in.

"I was told I was under arrest. My granddaughter was waiting outside. They let...