Indian lawmakers and opposition party members protested after around 100 deported Indian migrants were kept shackled during their 40-hour flight back to India, sparking anger at President Trump's migration crackdown. The incident comes days ahead of a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to meet Trump at the White House.
officials kept around 100 deported Indian migrants in shackles for their 40-hour flight home, including during bathroom breaks, in the latest incident to spark anger overseas at President Donald Trump 's migration crackdown.
Last month, the spectacle of Colombian deportees being shackled as they boarded a US deportation flight sparked a bitter dispute between the two countries, with Colombian president Gustavo Petro initially refusing the military plane permission to land. Dhaliwal also questioned "the usefulness of this friendship if it cannot help Indian citizens in need," his office said in a statement.US Border Patrol Chief Michael W. Banks posted a video of the Indian deportees being put onto a plane on X.
"We requested the military officials to take it off to eat or go to the bathroom but they treated us horribly and without any regard whatsoever," Singh added."The way they looked at us, I'll never forget it… We went to the bathroom with the shackles on. Right before landing, they removed for the women.US Border Patrol Chief Michael W. BanksIn the video, shackles are seen on the wrists and ankles of several men who shuffle slowly up the ramp.
Many say they see no future at home where a jobs crisis is stifling young hopes in the world's most populous country.Demonstrators burn an effigy of US President Donald Trump, during a protest organized by the Indian Youth Congress against the deportation of undocumented Indian migrants by the US, in New Delhi, India, on February 6.
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