Hyderabad, Feb. 16 -- A US military transport aircraft, the C-17 Globemaster III landed at Amritsar International Airport on Saturday, February 15, carrying around 119 Indian nationals.

The maximum deportees 67, are from Punjab. Subsequently, 33 people are from Haryana, 8 from Gujarat, 3 from Uttar Pradesh, 2 each from Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Goa, and 1 person each from Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

This follows the deportation of 104 individuals earlier, marking another phase in the US government's intensified crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

Deportations will continue every other week till all illegal immigrants are returned to their home countries, according to the official sources.

Their removal is part of an ong...