116 Indians landed in Amritsar on board the second deportation flight to India amid US President Donald Trump’s hardline stance on illegal immigration. The first round of deportation had taken place on February 5, when a US military plane transported 104 Indians. A third plane with 157 deportees is expected to land in India on Sunday. Most of the deportees are aged 18 to 30, sources told PTI. They include 65 from Punjab, 33 from Haryana, eight from Gujarat, two each from Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, and one each from Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. One deportee, Sourav, said he was caught within two to three hours of entering the US through a hilly region. He was taken to Malaysia for a week, then for 10 days to Mumbai, followed by Amsterdam, Panama, Tapachula and Mexico city. Another deportee Gurbachan Singh’s father said they paid Rs 50 lakh for their son’s immigration, not knowing he would be taken through the donkey route. He added that he had no option but to send his son abroad as he was unable to land a job in India.
