Chandigarh, Feb. 6 -- /
The stage is set for the arrival of 205 Indian nationals deported by the United States as part of its ongoing crackdown on illegal immigration. A US military C-17 aircraft carrying these individuals is scheduled to land at Shri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport in Amritsar on Wednesday morning. As Punjab braces for this influx, authorities have ramped up preparations to verify the backgrounds of the deportees, with special attention on identifying those with criminal records.
With the crackdown initiated under the newly-elected US President Donald Trump, immigration enforcement has resulted in the expulsion of thousands of undocumented migrants. Among them are Indians who had entered the US illegally or were ...