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US Deports Over 200 Indian Migrants Ahead of Modi-Trump Meet  

| Updated: February 4, 2025 12:18

A US military aircraft carrying 205 Indian nationals departed from San Antonio, Texas, around 3 am IST as part of the latest deportation measures under President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. The deportation flight, operated by a C-17 aircraft, marks the first instance of Indian migrants being removed from the United States via military transport.

Sources confirmed to media outlets that all Indian nationals on board had been verified by the Indian government before departure. 

The flight is part of a broader operation using military aircraft to repatriate undocumented migrants, with the Pentagon stating that similar deportations will involve over 5,000 migrants from El Paso, Texas, and San Diego, California. Previous military deportation flights have transported migrants to Guatemala, Peru, and Honduras.

Trump launched the military deportation flights last week as part of his emergency declaration on immigration, with six planeloads of migrants sent to Latin America so far. 

Of these, four landed in Guatemala, while two were denied entry to Colombia. The Colombian government refused to allow US C-17 cargo aircraft to land and instead dispatched its own planes to collect its nationals.

“For the first time in history, we are locating and loading illegal aliens into military aircraft and flying them back to the places from which they came,” Trump told reporters last month.

The US President had stated following a conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the Indian leader “will do what’s right” in accepting undocumented Indian migrants. 

According to a news outlet, India and the US have identified approximately 18,000 Indian migrants illegally residing in the country. Indian nationals are among the largest recipients of the US H-1B skilled worker visa programme.

The latest deportations come as part of Trump’s broader immigration crackdown. 

On his first day in office, he pledged to deport “millions and millions” of undocumented migrants and declared a national emergency at the southern border. 

Shortly after taking office, the US Congress passed a bill mandating the detention and deportation of undocumented migrants entering the country without authorisation and charged with certain offences. During his campaign, Trump had said, “When I am reelected, we will begin the largest deportation operation in American history.”

Trump has previously utilised military resources to enforce his immigration policies, including deploying troops to the US-Mexico border, using military bases to house migrants, and now employing military aircraft for deportations. 

However, a media outlet reported that the cost of a military deportation flight to Guatemala last week was approximately $4,675 per migrant, significantly higher than the $853 cost of a first-class commercial flight from El Paso, Texas. The cost also exceeds that of a commercial charter flight operated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Beyond immigration, Trump also announced new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, with additional measures being considered for Europe. 

Tariffs on Canada are set to be delayed by a month following the country’s commitment of $1.3 billion in efforts to curb drug smuggling and illegal migration across the northern border. Mexico secured a similar delay after deploying 10,000 troops to its border with the US.

New tariffs of 25 per cent on imports from Mexico and Canada were scheduled to take effect from Tuesday in response to illegal migration and drug trafficking concerns. Meanwhile, a 10 per cent tariff increase on Chinese imports is also forthcoming, with no negotiations held in advance of its implementation.

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