India, Feb. 5 -- As many as 104 illegal Indian immigrants deported from the United States landed in a US military C-17 transport aircraft at Punjab's Amritsar airport on Wednesday. Of these, 30 are from Punjab, 33 each from Haryana and Gujarat, three each from Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, and two from Chandigarh, sources said.

This was the first such deportation to India under US President Donald Trump's massive crackdown on illegal immigrants.

The US military aircraft, which took off from Texas's San Antonio and landed at Amritsar's Shri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport around 1:55 pm.

The administration conducted initial questioning of those deported and made arrangements to send them back to their respective homes.

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