 "S Jaishankar meets PM Modi day after US deportation of Indian immigrants, to issue statement in Parliament")
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External Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday morning met PM Modi amid deportation of Indians who had entered US illegally. A US plane with Indian immigrants had landed in Punjab's Amritsar on Wednesday afternoon.
External Minister S Jaishankar met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the deportation of 104 Indians from the US for illegal entry.
The meeting comes amid growing concerns over the treatment of deported individuals, many of whom were reportedly sent back on a military aircraft and in handcuffs.
Jaishankar is likely to give his statement in Rajya Sabha at 2 PM over the issue of deportation of alleged illegal Indian immigrants from the US.
A US military aircraft carrying 104 illegal Indian immigrants landed in Amritsar on Wednesday, marking the first group of Indians deported by the Donald Trump administration in its crackdown on illegal immigration.
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Among the deportees, 33 were from Haryana, 33 from Gujarat, 30 from Punjab, three each from Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, and two from Chandigarh. Reports said that the group included 19 women and 13 minors, including a four-year-old boy and two girls aged five and seven.
Upon arrival, the deportees were interrogated inside the airport terminal by Punjab Police and various state and central intelligence agencies to verify any criminal records.
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