New Delhi/IBNS, Feb. 23 -- A fourth batch of illegal immigrants from India, deported by the United States, landed in Delhi on Sunday, officials said.

These deportees flew back to India via Panama, media reports said. Of the 12, four went home to Punjab's Amritsar.

More than 300 Indians have been deported from the US already in three batches.

The deportation, and the way it is being carried out, became a political flashpoint with the Opposition asking why the Centre did not intervene to bring them back on its terms.

He said the US deportation of illegal immigrants is not a new development and has been going on for years.

In a sensitive situation, Panama has currently sheltered nearly 300 individuals from various countries, including I...