India, Jan. 28 -- Ruby Dhalla, a candidate for Liberal Party leadership who is eyeing to replace Justin Trudeau as Canadian Prime Minister, said on Tuesday she would deport illegal immigrants if elected.

Taking to social media platform X, Ruby Dhalla, an Indian-origin former MP, wrote, "As Prime Minister, I will deport illegal immigrants and clamp down on human traffickers. That's my promise to you."

In another post, Ruby Dhalla shared a video message on X and said, "Thank you so much, thank you to God, I am so grateful to all of you. We are on the verge of creating history by electing the first woman of color as the leader of the Liberal Party and the next prime minister of Canada."

Dhalla added, "Phase 1 is over, we go on to phase 2 ...