US Deports Indian Nationals in Latest Immigration Enforcement Action
In a major crackdown recently to illustrate the improving immigration control, a group of Illegal Indian immigrants were expelled from the United States. The deportation was done through a chartered flight on October 22, 2024, as the US and Indian governments continue working on the regularisation of migration and the provision of legal means of migration.
US-India Cooperation on Migration Control
Both countries have been preventing any form of cross-border migration that would be considered as unlawful in the United States, all the while trying to open up more opportunities for legal immigration from India to the United States. The deportation operation shows that the relationship between both countries is improving as evidenced by similar deportation exercises which have been carried out for several years. The Department of Homeland Security stressed that this decision is an extension of the continuous partnership of the two governments against human smuggling rings.
It has been effective since, with DHS noting that encounters along the southwest border have fallen by 55 percent since June 2024 when the Securing the Border Presidential Proclamation was introduced. This great decrease proves the efficiency of the measures to strengthen the borders.
Expanding Immigration Enforcement
Ms. Kristie A. Canegallo, Senior Official in DHS pointed out that Indians without immigration status would be immediately deported from the United States. As per Homeland Security, the department has been operating more than 495 international repatriation flights to over 145 countries in fy 2024 and more than 1,60,000 people have been repatriated from the country. This comprehensive process involves deportations to the following countries; Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Egypt and China.
The DHS is constantly building up its efforts in the implementation of the immigration laws duly supporting legal immigration. The goal of this kind of approach is to protect borders and preserve the possibility to offer people an appropriate chance to legally come to the United States.
