A C-17 aircraft, reportedly carrying migrants from India, departed from the United States. If reports are to be believed, the flight will likely land in Amritsar, Punjab.
“The aircraft departed from San Antonio, Texas, and is expected to reach Amritsar, India, within 24 hours,” several reports, including The Logical Indian, India Today and News 18, claimed on Tuesday.
This C-17 flight marks the first deportation of Indian nationals since US President Donald Trump took office on January 20. A visual of the same was circulated online on Tuesday.
What we know so far
Illegal Indian immigrants deported: A US military plane is deporting migrants to India, a US official was quoted by Reuters as saying on Monday, the farthest destination of the Trump administration’s military transport flights for migrants.
An official said the C-17 aircraft had departed for India with migrants aboard but would not arrive for at least 24 hours.
Have immigrants from other countries deported from the US? The Pentagon has also started providing flights to deport more than 5,000 immigrants held by US authorities in El Paso, Texas, and San Diego, California. So far, military aircraft have flown migrants to Guatemala, Peru and Honduras, Reuters reported.
Donald Trump has increasingly turned to the military to help carry out his immigration agenda, including sending additional troops to the US-Mexico border, using military aircraft to deport migrants and opening military bases to house them.
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