Media persons hold extracurricular Shri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport, successful Amritsar, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. A US subject craft carrying astir 200 amerciable Indian immigrants is apt to onshore astatine the Shri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport connected Wednesday. (PTI Photo/Shiva Sharma)(PTI02_05_2025_000080B)
A US subject craft carrying astir 200 amerciable Indian immigrants is apt to onshore astatine the Shri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport present connected Wednesday afternoon.
Earlier, the craft was expected to onshore successful the morning. So far, details of those connected the level are not available.
According to reports, the US subject level C-17 is carrying 205 amerciable immigrants hailing from Punjab and neighbouring states.
Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said connected Tuesday that the authorities authorities would person the immigrants and acceptable up counters astatine the airport.
Punjab NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal connected Tuesday expressed disappointment implicit the US government’s determination and said these individuals, who contributed to that country’s economy, should person been granted imperishable residency alternatively of being deported.
He said galore Indians entered the US connected enactment permits which aboriginal expired, making them amerciable immigrants.
The curate said helium plans to conscionable External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar adjacent week to sermon the concerns and interests of Punjabis surviving successful the US.
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Dhaliwal had besides appealed to Punjabis not to question overseas done amerciable means, emphasising the value of acquiring skills and acquisition to entree opportunities worldwide.
He encouraged radical to probe ineligible ways, get acquisition and connection skills earlier travelling abroad.
After Donald Trump assumed bureau arsenic the US President past month, the country’s instrumentality enforcement agencies person launched a crackdown against amerciable immigrants.
Many radical from Punjab, who entered the US done “donkey routes” oregon different amerciable means by spending lakhs of rupees, are present facing deportation.