INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Gujarat, Maharashtra and Punjab states, landed Wednesday afternoon local time in the northwest city of Amritsar, Punjab officials said.It
marked the longest distance flight since the Trump administration began deploying military aircraft for migrant transportation, according to
a US official.Friends and family of some of the returnees told CNN of the hardships the deportees faced to get to the US, only for them to
be sent back soon after arrival.Manriasat Singh, whose 23-year-old cousin Akashdeep Singh was among those on the deportation flight, told
and deported from there, his cousin said
year to 96,917 during 2022 to 2023 period, government data showed.Young Indians looking for work opportunities have made up a sizeable
portion of undocumented migrants in the US, some of whom are making the dangerous trek through Latin America to reach the US southern
said.He said unemployment was driving young people in his area to leave
