After being deported from the United States, a group of Indian nationals was sent back from Amritsar Airport following a thorough investigation. The deportation comes as part of ongoing scrutiny of visa holders and immigration procedures in the US.

A US military aircraft carrying 104 illegal immigrants hailing from various states landed here on Wednesday, the first such batch of Indians deported by the Trump government as part of a crackdown it

A US Air Force C-17 Globemaster deported 33 individuals each from Haryana and Gujarat, 30 from Punjab, and others from Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh to Amritsar.

Indian Illegal Immigrants in US: A United States military plane carrying deported Indian migrants has landed in Amritsar on Wednesday (February 5) morning. The C-17 aircraft carrying 205 Indian nationals departed from San Antonio, Texas, around 3 am IST on Tuesday (February 4).

The C-17 Globemaster aircraft of the US Air Force landed in Amritsar at 1.55pm a day and a half after taking off from Texas, with a reported stopover in Germany

The flight appeared to be the first use of an American military aircraft to deport people to India, which is one of the top sources of illegal immigration to the United States.

A US deportation flight carrying about 100 Indian nationals accused of entering the country illegally has landed in the state of Punjab. The military aircraft, which left Texas late on Tuesday, is now in the city of Amritsar where authorities say they have put measures in place to process the deportees.