Jalandhar, Feb. 6 -- Gurpreet Singh, 39, of Kapurthala's Tarf Behbal Bahadur village sneaked into the US around six months ago illegally through a donkey route. His family was in shock after hearing the news of his deportation on Wednesday morning.

The family came to know about Gurpreet's deportation only after the list of the deportees was released after the US C-17 plane landed at Amritsar airport.

"We didn't have any contact with Gurpreet for the past 15 days. He entered the US in August last year. It is disheartening to see my son being sent home from the US. He went in search of a better future and greener pastures," said his father Mohinder Singh.

His uncle Tarsem Singh said Gurpreet was sent abroad by a Ludhiana-based travel age...