Days after America deported the first batch of 104 illegal Indian immigrants back to India, the second US military aircraft C17 Globemaster III reportedly carrying 119 Indian nationals landed at the Amritsar Airport early Sunday. According to reports, a third batch carrying another 157 deportees is expected to arrive in Amritsar today, February 16, 2025. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday assured that the immigrants would be given appropriate treatment and that all arrangements were in place. The Chief Minister further mentioned the deportees would be staying in Amritsar for a few hours before being sent to their respective homelands.
#WATCH | Punjab: The aircraft carrying the second batch of illegal Indian immigrants from the US, lands at the Amritsar airport. pic.twitter.com/5SNlv6YAqk
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Visuals From Outside Amritsar Airport
#WATCH | Punjab | The second batch of illegal Indian immigrants who were deported from the US and brought to Amritsar today are now being sent to their respective states.
Visuals from outside of the Amritsar airport pic.twitter.com/T3MLtrmAVO
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Among the deported passengers, 67 are from Punjab, 33 from Haryana, 8 from Gujarat, 3 from Uttar Pradesh, 2 each from Maharashtra and Rajasthan, and one native each from Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, and Himachal Pradesh, reports added.
While addressing a press conference on Saturday, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann said, “Our kids are the ones which are coming here anyway, so from here no one can go hungry, we will make arrangements. We have also made staying arrangements for them. They will stay here for a few hours and then go to their respective states as the flights have been booked by the Ministry of External Affairs already.”
CM Mann on Friday raised strong objections regarding the Central Government’s move to land another plane at the Amritsar airport, questioning if they are trying to defame Punjab. On Thursday (local time), PM Modi noted that India is willing to welcome back its nationals living illegally in the US and emphasized the need to finish the “ecosystem” of human trafficking.
